who is/are the political economist/s that formulated a theory about the reasons why students work?

Question

pls give me SITES about this topic, too (theory/ies why students work) or THEORY/IES WHY PEOPLE WORK.

Answer 1

You have to be more specific......students work for different reasons.

Some have to pay tuition.

Others need to keep Evan Williams in stock.

Others do it for gas money.

There are probably nearly a dozen relatively unique utility functions for "students"......you seem to be confused about your own question?

Answer 2

This site is more Psychology (motivation) than economics, but its better than nothing.

In general, you will want to look at Bernard Mandeville's the Fable of the Bees. This was one of the first articulations of the idea that people operate best out of their own self-interest. This philosphy, that became known as capitalism was discussed by the French philosophers known as the Physiocrats

Answer 3

You need some high-falutin' research papers to tell you that people need a bit of beer money?