Upcoming seminars
04/02/2026 at 1 pm
Ciprian Domnisoru
(Aalto School of Business- Helsinki, Finland)
"The role of firms in shaping the work, study, and graduation choices of student employees"
Abstract: How do firms affect the academic outcomes of their student employees? As in many European countries, a majority of Finnish students work during the school-year, often in full time positions. Yet, policies and financial incentives targeting on-time graduation are almost exclusively geared towards individuals and universities, overlooking the role of employers. Using university grade records linked to employer-employee data for student employees, this paper estimates firm-specific fixed effects for student employee wages, credits, and grades. The findings reveal systematic differences in the magnitude of firm effects across industries, employer size, ownership type and other firm characteristics. Limited mobility bias corrected estimates indicate firm fixed effects explain a large share of the variance in full-time student employee wages, and a nontrivial share of their credit accumulation. In turn, firm credit fixed effects are strongly negatively correlated with the share of late graduates among firms' student employees. These results suggest that firms play a meaningful role in shaping student outcomes and should be considered in the policy mix supporting on-time graduation and student success more broadly.
How to attend the seminar:
The seminar will be on-site in room Módulo 1-301 and streamed.
To receive the seminar invitation with the streaming link, please send an email to teoriahistoriauam@gmail.com
Organisers: Jorge García Hombrados, Ana Nuevo Chiquero, Eugenio Zucchelli and Damian Pierri