"Against all odds" Does awareness of the risk of failure matter for educational choices?

Autor/inn/en	Cattaneo, Maria A.; Wolter, Stefan C.
Titel	"Against all odds" Does awareness of the risk of failure matter for educational choices? Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: "Gegen alle Widrigkeiten" Spielt das Bewusstsein für das Risiko des Scheiterns eine Rolle für Bildungsentscheidungen?.
Quelle	In: Economics of education review, 87 (2022) Art. 102225, 13 S.Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2022.102225
Schlagwörter	Kultureinfluss; Berufsausbildung; Risiko; Schweiz; Studium; Ausbildung; Auswirkung; Präferenz; Abbruch; Quote; Ausbildung; Berufsausbildung; Ausbildungswahl; Studium; Abbruch; Auswirkung; Informationsangebot; Präferenz; Quote; Regionaler Vergleich; Risiko; Schweiz
Abstract	"Educational decisions are always made under uncertainty. This paper examines the effect of providing information about dropout risks on stated preferences for academic versus vocational education in Switzerland, making use of the fact that there are marked historical and cultural differences in preferences for and enrolment rates in academic vs. vocational education across the different language regions. Since there is some harmonisation in terms of the required cognitive performance for an academic degree, different enrolment rates in academic education need to be partially corrected later, resulting in higher risks of dropout during the program in regions with higher preferences for academic education. By means of a survey experiment, we show that in those language regions with a strong preference for academic education, the disclosure of the risk of dropping out of education has no effect on preferences, while in the regions with less strong preferences for academic education, the information treatment on the risks significantly shifts preferences towards vocational education. Our results suggest that the deterrent effect of a higher risk of dropping out is too small to achieve an efficient allocation of talents, if preferences for a particular type of education are very strong." The study refers to the period 2019-2019. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2022 Elsevier).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2023/1