Under (employability and financial) pressure: the unequal effects of work experience on graduate earnings

• Published in: Studies in higher education (Dorchester-on-Thames) Vol. 50; no. 5; pp. 955 - 973
• Main Authors: Luchinskaya, Daria, Tzanakou, Charikleia (Charoula)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 04.05.2025
• Subjects: casual paid work; employability; graduate earnings; Internships; placements; unpaid work

As students seek out work experience to become 'employable', many also do casual paid work while studying to ease financial pressures. But do different types of work experience affect graduates' earnings differently? We explore this question in this paper and discuss whether our findi...