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Title: Work and play take school time away? The impact of extracurricular and work time on educational time for live-at-home college students
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2018
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ISSN: 0003-6846
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2017.1406656
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Abstract: We use data from the 2003-2014 American Time Use Survey to estimate the effects of time allocated to work and extracurriculars on time spent in educational activities (class and homework) for live-at-home college students, who make up a large share of the college population. Our instrumental variables strategy indicates that students are more likely to substitute time away from homework than from class, and that the effects are generally stronger for work than for extracurriculars. These findings, which remain even after correcting for selection on unobservables through non-parametric matching methods, show that work leads to decreases in the amount of time spent in class by 47 min and on homework by 56 min, whereas extracurriculars lead to a loss of 22 min of homework time. Thus, while after-school activities (extracurriculars and work) may be beneficial with respect to human capital development, they may also have a counteracting, unintended effect due to students' substitution away from educational pursuits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Applied Economics is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
Url: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00036846.2017.1406656
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Authors: Crispin, Laura M.; Nikolaou, Dimitrios
Periodical (Full): Applied Economics
Issue: 24
Volume: 50
Pages: 2698-2718
Data Collections: IPUMS CPS
Topics: Education, Labor Force and Occupational Structure
Countries: United States