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Attanasio, Orazio P. ; Kaufmann, Katja:
Education choices and returns to schooling : Mothers' and youths' subjective expectations and their role by gender.
In: Journal of Development Economics.
Vol. 109
(2014)
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- pp. 203-216.
ISSN 0304-3878
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2014.04.003
Abstract in another language
In this paper we investigate the role of expected returns to schooling and of perceived risks (of unemployment and earnings) as determinants of schooling decisions. Moreover, our data also allow us to analyze whether youths' and/or mothers' expectations predict schooling decisions, and whether this depends on the age and gender of the youth. In particular, we use Mexican data that contain labor market expectations of mothers and youths. We find that expected returns and risk perceptions are important determinants of schooling decisions, the latter in particular from the perspective of the mother. Boys' expectations predict the decision to enter college, but not to enter high school. While girls' own expectations do not predict either of the two educational decisions, mothers' expectations are particularly strong predictors of their daughters' decisions.
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| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Keywords: | Schooling decisions; Subjective expectations; Perceived earnings and employment risk; Gender differences; Mexico |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Economics Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Economics > Chair Empirical Macroeconomics and Family Economics > Chair Empirical Macroeconomics and Family Economics - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Katja Kaufmann Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Economics > Chair Empirical Macroeconomics and Family Economics |
| Result of work at the UBT: | No |
| DDC Subjects: | 300 Social sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Nov 2022 13:31 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Mar 2023 09:50 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/72811 |