The Demand for Interns

The authors thank the Department of Economics at Auburn University and the Department of Economics and the College of Business Administration at the University of Wisconsin—La Crosse for generous funding. This paper would not have been possible without the research assistance of Nicole Daly, David Dowling, Carly Galbraith, Sam Goldstein, and Andrew Johnson. We offer special thanks to Bob Wilson, who helped us with the O*NET-SOC AutoCoder. We also appreciate the comments and suggestions from conference and seminar participants at APPAM, Cornell University, Boston University, Fordham University, the IZA World Labor Conference, Lancaster University, the London School of Economics, the National Symposium on College Internships Research at University of Wisconsin—Madison, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim), the annual meeting of the Ausschuss für Bevolkerungökonomik of the Verein für Sozialpolitik, and ZEW as well as from Randy Beard, Taggert Brooks, Mary Hamman, Joanna Lahey, Mike Stern, and Sheida Teimouri. The IRBs at Auburn University, University of Wisconsin—La Crosse, and CUNY Graduate Center ruled that the subjects in our study were not human subjects. We agreed, however, to maintain the anonymity of all firms and universities used in the study. No unpaid interns worked to produce this research. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.