TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Baert, Stijn
AU  - Neyt, Brecht
AU  - Siedler, Thomas
AU  - Tobback, Ilse
AU  - Verhaest, Dieter
        TI  - Student Internships and Employment Opportunities after Graduation: A Field Experiment
        PY  - 2019/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12183
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp12183
        AB  - Internships during tertiary education have become substantially more common over the past decades in many industrialised countries. This study examines the impact of a voluntary intra-curricular internship experience during university studies on the probability of being invited to a job interview. To estimate a causal relationship, we conducted a randomised field experiment in which we sent 1,248 fictitious, but realistic, resumes to real job openings. We find that applicants with internship experience have, on average, a 12.6% higher probability of being invited to a job interview. 
        KW  - field experiment
KW  - internship
KW  - hiring
KW  - human capital
KW  - signalling
        ER  -