labor market trajectories. Using an experiment to derive students’ levels of overconfidence, and preferences for … competitiveness and risk, this paper investigates whether these behavioral biases and preferences explain gender differences in … who are overconfident and overly competitive have significantly higher earnings expectations. Moreover, gender differences …

labor market trajectories. Using an experiment to derive students' levels of overconfidence, and preferences for … competitiveness and risk, this paper investigates whether these behavioral biases and preferences explain gender differences in … who are overconfident and overly competitive have significantly higher earnings expectations. Moreover, gender differences …

. Undergraduate students are presented with sets of jobs that vary in their attributes (such as earnings and job hours flexibility … students' perceptions about the types of jobs that would be offered to them conditional on their college major choices, we … relate these job attribute preferences to major choice. We find that students perceive jobs offered to humanities majors to …

. We conducted a survey of high-ability currently enrolled college students and elicited beliefs about how their choice of … earnings, employment, marriage prospects, potential spousal characteristics, and fertility. We find that students perceive …

determinants of financial literacy among students at a German university. An additional goal is the identification of gender … results suggest a rather low level of financial literacy among female students. Additional factors such as a very good … mathematics grade and logical thinking have a significantly positive impact on financial literacy. Students in economics are more …