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We hypothesise that working while studying is also an investment in human capital. We research to what extent students are motivated to work alongside their studies by the possibility of acquiring work experience and future financial return. Furthermore, we examine whether Bourdieuan capital conversion is characteristic of students. We found that acquiring work experience was a more important motive behind paid work than acquiring cultural and social capital and the possibility of capital conversion. We also found that students from disadvantaged backgrounds are primarily motivated to seek employment by the prospect of short-term income. It is a significant finding that even if the students’ jobs are not related to their studies, they still have the goal of gaining professional experience and increasing their capital, which implies that they consider many of these jobs to be an investment in human capital (even if it does not yield a return in the future; see the theoretical section) . According to our policy recommendation, higher education institutions should offer students more study-related employment opportunities in the examined Central European region, while employers should also attribute a greater value to the professional experience acquired alongside higher education studies.  \nKeywords: working while studying, higher education students, human capital investment, capital conversion, quantitative research  \n1 Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Debrecen, Hungary; [fenyesh@gmail.com](fenyesh@gmail.com).  \n232 paid work alongside higher education studies as an investment in human capital  \nPlačano delo ob študiju kot naložba v človeški kapital  \nHajnalka Fényes  \n• V raziskavi s pomočjo baze podatkov, pridobljenih iz anket visokošol-skih študentov, s skupinsko analizo ugotavljamo njihovo motivacijo zaopravljanje plačanega dela in prikažemo spremenljivke, ki vplivajo nanjo. Predpostavljamo, da je delo ob študiju prav tako naložba v človeški kapital, in skušamo ugotoviti, v kolikšni meri so študentje motivirani zanj z namenom pridobivanja delovnih izkušenj in finančnih koristi v prihodnosti. Poleg tega preučujemo, ali Bourdiejeva pretvorba kapitala velja tudi za študente. Ugotovili smo, da je pridobivanje delovnih izkušenj pomembnejši motiv za plačano delo od pridobitve kulturnega in socialnega kapitala ter možnosti pretvorbe kapitala ter da so študentje iz deprivilegiranih okolij motivirani za iskanje zaposlitve predvsem zaradikratkoročnih dohodkov. Prav tako je pomembna ugotovitev, da sta cilja študentov pridobivanje delovnih izkušenj in povečanje kapitala, tudi če njihovo delo ni v povezavi z njihovo študijsko usmeritvijo, iz česarsledi, da je po njihovem mnenju veliko tovrstnih del naložba v človeški kapital (tudi če se v prihodnosti ne bo obrestoval; glejte teoretični del). Po našem splošnem priporočilu bi morale visokošolske ustanove vobravnavani srednjeevropski regiji ponuditi študentom več zaposlitvenih možnosti v povezavi z njihovim študijem, delodajalci pa bi morali bolj ceniti poklicne izkušnje, pridobljene ob univerzitetnem študiju.  \nKljučne besede: delo ob študiju, visokošolski študentje, naložbe v človeški kapital, pretvorba kapitala, kvantitativne raziskave  \nTheoretical background and research questions  \nAccording to human capital theory, the return on an investment, such as higher education (which includes the costs and sacrifices associated with studying), is materialised in higher wages in the future (Becker, 1964; Schultz, 1971). Mincer (1958) argues that working alongside tertiary studies, especially ina related field, also constitutes an investment in human capital, which i","cbCaivpeFSBmLgIE","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivpeFSBmLgIE","pdf",159854,"English","# Theoretical background and research questions\n## Human capital theory\n## Bourdieu’s theory of capital and conversion\n## Cultural and social reproduction mechanisms","[{\"question\":\"What theories guide the study of paid work alongside higher education?\",\"answer\":\"The study combines human capital theory with Bourdieu’s framework on economic, cultural, and social capital and the convertibility of capital forms.\"},{\"question\":\"What motivates students to do paid work while studying?\",\"answer\":\"Acquiring work experience is found to be a more important motive than gaining cultural/social capital or the possibility of capital conversion.\"},{\"question\":\"How do students from disadvantaged backgrounds differ in their motivation?\",\"answer\":\"They are primarily motivated to seek employment by the prospect of short-term income.\"}]","Paid Work alongside Higher Education Studies as an Investment in Human Capital - read online | PDF",1792086559]