著者

平野 大昌

出版者

生活経済学会

雑誌

生活経済学研究 (ISSN:13417347)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.41, pp.31-44, 2015-03-31 (Released:2016-11-30)

被引用文献数

3

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This paper analyses whether internship experiences of undergraduate students influence the chance of getting a job offer. First, by theoretical consideration, we made the hypothesis that internship experiences of students serve as a signal of their ability and, therefore, have the signaling effect on the probability of getting a job offer. Second, we verified the hypothesis by empirical analysis using a questionnaire survey about internship experiences of undergraduate students. In particular, using the information whether or not students with internship experience conveyed their internship experience to firms during their job-hunting process, we examined whether conveying internship experience has any impact on the probability of getting a job offer. The results from probit analysis reveal that conveying internship experience to firms has a statistically significant positive impact on the probability of getting a job offer. This suggests that internship experience of students has the signaling effect on the chance of getting a job offer.