%0 Report
        %A Baert, Stijn
%A Verhaest, Dieter
        %T Work Hard or Play Hard? Degree Class, Student Leadership and Employment Opportunities
        %D 2018
        %8 2018 Nov
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 11971
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp11971
        %X We investigated the impact on first hiring outcomes of two main curriculum vitae (CV) characteristics by which graduates with a tertiary education degree distinguish themselves from their peers: degree class and extra-curricular activities. These characteristics were randomly assigned to 2,800 fictitious job applications that were sent to real vacancies in Belgium. Academic performance and extra-curricular engagement both enhanced job interview rates by about 7%. The effect of a higher degree class was driven by female (versus male) candidates and candidates with a master's (versus a bachelor's) degree. We did not find evidence for these CV characteristics to be substitutes or to reinforce each other's effect.
        %K hiring
%K extra-curricular activities
%K degree class
%K field experiment