The Factors of Teenager’s Working While in School：A Case Study on Panel Data
Date Issued
2009
Date
2009
Author(s)
Chou, Hua-Yu
Abstract
In this study, we tend to investigate the factors that influence the employment behaviors of high-school students and college students in Taiwan. Theoretically, there are controversy arguments on whether part-time job experience brings positive or negative effects toward teenagers’ outcomes when they are in school. Those who hold positive attitudes toward teenager’ employments believe that early employments would foster the development of personal responsibility, improve educational performance and occupational attainment. Those who oppose teenagers’ employments indicate that early employments affect grades by crowding out study time, and decrease net investments in human capital in the long run.he data set used for this study is a rich longitudinal youth data - Taiwan Youth Project (TYP) Phase III (2000-2007). To examine the association between teenagers’ employments and their family background, individual characteristic and academic achievements, three estimation methods are applied. They are the Pooled probit model、Random effect probit model and Probit with sample selection model. he results show that males and females in vocational education system do not have significant differences in early employments during high school years. In general education system, however, females have higher probability of getting a part-time job than males. Among students in high school year, those who living in Yi-lan county have the lowest probability of working, and students living in Taipei county have the highest ones. In addition, students with higher family income or living in an intact family are associated with a lower probability of working during high school year. In college (20 years old and 21 years old), females have higher probability to work part-time while in school than males. Those who living in Yi-lan county have lower probability to employment than living in Taipei county. Higher family income and intact family are also negatively associated with lower probability of working during college year.
Subjects
teenage employment
Pooled prbit model
Probit with sample selection model
Type
thesis
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