Federal Work-Study versus Off-Campus Jobs: Does the type of job matter for post-graduate outcomes?

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Abstract: The Federal Work-Study (FWS) Program was established as part of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 to help students find part-time employment to cover the cost of their tuition. Today, the U.S. government allocates nearly $1 billion in FWS funds for students in 3,000 institutions around the country. Even though the FWS program is large, it has not been studied comprehensively because of difficulties finding exogenous variation that explains endogenous work decisions. To overcome this issue, I exploit differences in FWS availability and FWS availability relative to other job opportunities at comparable institutions to instrument for FWS participation and hours worked in school. I find some evidence that FWS participation improves academic and post-graduation outcomes.

Type of resource	text
Date created	May 2013

Author	Muramoto, Larissa
Primary advisor	Hoxby, Caroline
Degree granting institution	Stanford University, Department of Economics

Subject	Stanford Department of Economics
Subject	Work-study
Subject	employment
Subject	post-graduate outcomes
Subject	job quality
Genre	Thesis

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/xj030fn8826

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Preferred Citation: Muramoto, Larissa. (2013). Federal Work-Study versus Off-Campus Jobs: Does the type of job matter for post-graduate outcomes?. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/xj030fn8826

Stanford University, Department of Economics, Honors Theses

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