Leadership Experiences, Labor Market Entry, and Early Career Trajectories

59 Pages Posted: 12 Apr 2018

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Martin Lundin

Uppsala University

Oskar Nordstrom Skans

Uppsala University; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Pär Zetterberg

Uppsala University

Abstract

Matching archive data on election discontinuities to register data on labor market trajectories we estimate the causal effects of being elected into Swedish student union councils on subsequent labor market careers. Marginally elected students are much more likely to have a rapid transition into employment. Effects are not confined to establishments, organizations or industries where previous candidates are employed, suggesting that the benefits are general in nature. Elected representatives have higher labor earnings within three years, but not thereafter. Overall, leadership experiences before labor market entry boost individuals' early careers, whereas mid-term outcomes are unaffected.

Keywords: extracurricular activities, earnings, higher education

JEL Classification: I26, I23, J24

Suggested Citation

Lundin, Martin and Nordström Skans, Oskar and Zetterberg, Pär, Leadership Experiences, Labor Market Entry, and Early Career Trajectories. IZA Discussion Paper No. 11434, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3158139 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3158139

Martin Lundin (Contact Author)

Uppsala University

Oskar Nordström Skans

Uppsala University ( email )

Box 513
Uppsala, 751 20
Sweden

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

P.O. Box 7240
Bonn, D-53072
Germany

Pär Zetterberg

Uppsala University

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