Time to Work or Time to Play: The Effect of Student Employment on Homework, Sleep, and Screen Time

摘要

Many studies have investigated the effects of working while in school on students outcomes. On the one hand, working while in high school may provide valuable work experience. Stephenson (1981), Michael and Tuma (1984), Ruhm (1995, 1997), Light (1999, 2001), and Neumark and Joyce (2001) have all found positive effects of student work on future labor market outcomes. Hotz et al. (2002), however, found no effect of high school employment on mens future wages when they controlled for individual-specific unobserved heterogeneity. On the other hand, some researchers have documented a small negative relationship between working while in high school and a students academic achievement, which may negatively affect future earnings.