@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp12778, author={Neyt, Brecht and Verhaest, Dieter and Baert, Stijn}, title={The Impact of Internship Experience during Secondary Education on Schooling and Labour Market Outcomes}, year={2019}, month={Nov}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={12778}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp12778}, abstract={The literature on workplace learning in secondary education has mainly focussed on vocational education programmes. In this study, we examine the impact of internship experience in secondary education on a student's schooling and early labour market outcomes, by analysing unique, longitudinal data from Belgium. To control for unobserved heterogeneity, we model sequential outcomes by means of a dynamic discrete choice model. In line with the literature on vocational education programmes, we find that internship experience has a positive effect on labour market outcomes that diminishes over time, although within the time window of our study, we find no evidence for a null or negative effect over time.}, keywords={education;transitions in youth;internship;labour}, }