Employment Alongside Bachelors Studies in Germany : Implications for Education Outcomes the School To Work Transition and Equity Intro Acknowledgements Contents List of Figures List of Tables Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The German Context 2.1 Prevalence Regulation and Forms of Student Employment 2.2 German Higher Education and the Bologna Reform 2.3 The German Labour Market 2.4 Student Employment as a Source of Horizontal Inequalities in the Course of Educational Expansion 2.5 Summary Chapter 3 Literature Review Chapter 4 Student Employment and its Implications for Educational Outcomes Employment Chances and Social Inequalities: Theoretical Considerations 4.1 Student Work: Conceptual Framework 4.2 Socio economic Differences in Student Work 4.3 Student Employment and Its Implications for Educational Outcomes 4.4 The Impact of Student Employment on the Transition from Bachelors Studies into the Labour Market 4.5 The Role of Different Fields of Study 4.6 Summary Chapter 5 Data Sources 5.1 The National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) 5.2 The Graduate Panel 2009 Chapter 6 Empirical Analysis I: Socio economic Differences in the Amount and Quality of Student Work 6.1 Analytical Strategy 6.2 Descriptive Results 6.3 Multivariate Results 6.4 Heterogeneous effects 6.5 Robustness Checks 6.6 Summary Chapter 7 Empirical Analysis II: The Effects of Student Work on Academic Performance and Study Duration 7.1 Analytical Strategy 7.2 Results 7.3 Heterogeneous Effects 7.4 Robustness Checks 7.5 Summary Chapter 8 Empirical Analysis III: The Impact of Student Employment on the Transition into Masters Studies 8.1 Analytical Strategy 8.2 Descriptive Results 8.3 Multivariate Results 8.4 Robustness Checks 8.5 Summary Chapter 9 Empirical Analysis IV: The Effects of Work Experience on the Transition from Bachelors Studies into the Labour Market.