TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Baert, Stijn
AU  - Verhaest, Dieter
        TI  - Work Hard or Play Hard? Degree Class, Student Leadership and Employment Opportunities
        PY  - 2018/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 11971
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp11971
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - hiring
KW  - extra-curricular activities
KW  - degree class
KW  - field experiment
        ER  -