Students' expectations of the economic returns to college education: results of a controlled experiment.

Autor/inn/en	Botelho, Anabela; Pinto, Lígia C.
Titel	Students' expectations of the economic returns to college education: results of a controlled experiment.
Quelle	In: Economics of education review, 23 (2004) 6, S. 645-653Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2004.03.005
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Bildungsniveau; Einstellung (Psy); Erwartung; Experiment; Einkommen; Arbeitsmarkt; Studium; Akademiker; Student; Portugal
Abstract	The authors report the results of an experiment designed to elicit students' subjective beliefs about the economic returns to college education. An important feature of the experimental design is the inclusion of financial incentives for accurate reporting. They also consider the extent to which individuals' beliefs about their own returns differ from their beliefs about the returns for others. The evidence shows that students do have a self-enhancement tendency, and this finding cannot be attributed to previously uncontrolled order effects. The evidence also indicates that there is no significant difference between beliefs elicited using hypothetical surveys or real financial incentives in the elicitation procedure. This finding suggests that economists' reluctance to gather subjective data on earnings expectations may not be warranted. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2005/3