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This paper investigates how college students update their future earnings beliefs using a unique 'information' experiment: We provide college students true information about the population distribution of earnings, and observe how this information causes them to update their future earnings...
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This paper investigates how college students update their future earnings beliefs using a unique 'information' experiment: We provide college students true information about the population distribution of earnings, and observe how this information causes them to update their future earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014042608
We investigate the determinants of students' university choice, with a focus on expected monetary returns, non … of university, and that implementing policies relaxing financial constraints would increase students' average lifetime … that underscores the importance of having data on these elements for understanding university choice in any context …
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We investigate the determinants of students' university choice, with a focus on expected monetary returns, non … shows a strikingly good fit. Our results show that 37% of students are financially constrained in the university choice, and … of having data on these aspects for understanding university choice in any context. …
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We investigate the determinants of students' university choice, with a focus on expected monetary returns, non … of university, and that implementing policies relaxing financial constraints would increase students' average lifetime … that underscores the importance of having data on these elements for understanding university choice in any context. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010404593
This paper studies the determinants of college major choice using an experimentally generated panel of beliefs, obtained by providing students with information on the true population distribution of various major-specific characteristics. Students logically revise their beliefs in response to...
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This paper studies the determinants of college major choice using a unique “information” experiment embedded in a survey. We first ask respondents their self-beliefs - beliefs about their own expected earnings and other major-specific outcomes conditional on various majors, their population...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122806
This paper studies the determinants of college major choice using a unique "information" experiment embedded in a survey. We first ask respondents their self-beliefs - beliefs about their own expected earnings and other major-specific outcomes conditional on various majors, their population...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009160750
We study whether gender differences in university major choices result from anticipated labor market discrimination …. First, we document two novel facts using administrative transcript records from a large Midwestern university: women are …
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