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| Titre : | College major, internship experience, and employment opportunities: Estimates from a résumé audit (2016) |
| Auteurs : | John M. Nunley ; Adam Pugh ; Nicholas Romero ; R. Alan Jr. Seals |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | Labour economics (vol. 38, January 2016) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 37-46 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
Thésaurus CEREQ RELATION FORMATION-EMPLOI ; CERTIFICATION ; STAGE DE FORMATION ; RECRUTEMENT ; CRITERE D'EMBAUCHE ; METIER DES BANQUES-ASSURANCES ; METIER DU COMMERCE-DISTRIBUTION ; ETATS UNIS |
| Résumé : | We use experimental data from a résumé audit to estimate the impact of particular college majors and internship experience on employment prospects. Despite applying exclusively to business-related job openings, we find no evidence that business degrees improve employment prospects. By contrast, internship experience increases the interview rate by 14%. The returns to internship experience are larger for (a) nonbusiness majors and (b) applicants with high academic ability. Our data support signaling as the most likely explanation regarding the effect of internships on employment opportunities. (Source : revue) |
| Document Céreq : | Non |
| En ligne : | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537115001207 |
