The financial situation of students during the COVID-19 pandemic
A case study from a German university
- verfasst von
- Dennis H. Meier, Stephan L. Thomsen, Johannes G枚hausen
- Abstract
The majority of university students in Germany have to work to earn a
living. The closure of universities and the loss of many typical student jobs during
the COVID-19 pandemic particularly affected their situation. We collected data on
the employment and financial situation of students at a major German university.
In contrast to previous studies, we are able to analyze changes in students鈥� income
and its composition throughout the different phases of the pandemic between
January 2020 and June 2021. Students鈥� job income declined by 66% (total income
by 19%), on average, during the first lockdown. There was a quick recovery during
the reopening. Job income fell again during the second lockdown, but this decrease
was only half as large as that in the first lockdown. In line with our expectations,
students from non-academic backgrounds were particularly affected by job income
losses and compensated by increasing loan financing, which widened pre-existing
funding inequalities. The financial impact led to increased intentions to drop out
(12%) and to extend studies (26%), both with a peak during the second lockdown.
With respect to social background, we do not observe any differential changes in
intentions. This is a rather unexpected result and contradicts the hypotheses derived
from the theory.- Organisationseinheit(en)
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Institut f眉r Wirtschaftspolitik
- Typ
- Artikel
- Journal
- Soziale Welt
- Band
- 75
- Seiten
- 408-445
- Anzahl der Seiten
- 38
- ISSN
- 0038-6073
- Publikationsdatum
- 2024
- Publikationsstatus
- 痴别谤枚蹿蹿别苍迟濒颈肠丑迟
- Peer-reviewed
- Ja
- ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
- Soziologie und Politikwissenschaften
- Elektronische Version(en)
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