Abstract
I challenge Strong’s findings that student employment is not related to attendance. I argue that the original analysis is guilty of controlling for a post-treatment variable. As a result, the coefficients in the regression model do not show how employment causes changes in attendance. I show that employment likely has a negative effect on attendance even given severe confounding. Academics should, if asked, tell students that their attendance will likely suffer the more paid work they do.
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Hanretty, Chris. 2023. “The Effect of Employment on Attendance: A Response to ’Identifying and Understanding the Drivers of Student Engagement’.” Politics. https://doi.org/10.1177/02633957221148067.