Does ignorance of economic returns and costs explain the educational aspiration gap? Evidence from representative survey experiments.

Autor/inn/en	Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger
Institution	CESifo GmbH
Titel	Does ignorance of economic returns and costs explain the educational aspiration gap? Evidence from representative survey experiments. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Erklärt die Unkenntnis von Erträgen und Kosten Unterschiede der Bildungsmotivation? Erkenntnisse aus repräsentativen Befragungsexperimenten.
Quelle	München (2018), 52 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	CESifo working paper. 7000
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
ISSN	2364-1428
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Bildungsmobilität; Bildungsmotivation; Generation; Bildungsertrag; Mobilität; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Investition; Ausbildungskosten; Hochschulbildung; Studium; Entscheidungskriterium; Informationsangebot; Hochschulabsolvent
Abstract	"The gap in university enrollment by parental education is large and persistent in many countries. In our representative survey, 74 percent of German university graduates, but only 36 percent of those without a university degree favor a university education for their children. The latter are more likely to underestimate returns and overestimate costs of university. Experimental provision of return and cost information significantly increases educational aspirations. However, it does not close the aspiration gap as university graduates respond even more strongly to the information treatment. Persistent effects in a follow-up survey indicate that participants indeed process and remember the information. Differences in economic preference parameters also cannot account for the educational aspiration gap. Our results cast doubt that ignorance of economic returns and costs explains educational inequality in Germany." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2018/4