PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Martin Lundin
AU  - Oskar Nordström Skans
AU  - Pär Zetterberg
TI  - Leadership Experiences, Labor Market Entry, and Early Career Trajectories
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.56.2.0617-8866R3
DP  - 2021 Mar 31
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 480--511
VI  - 56
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/56/2/480.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/56/2/480.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2021 Mar 31; 56
AB  - 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.