Is Earnings Uncertainty Relevant for Educational Choice? An Empirical Analysis for China

We use the method of Dominitz and Manski (1996) to solicit anticipated wagedistributions for continuing to a Master degree or going to work after completing theBachelor degree. The means of the distributions have an effect on intention to continue aspredicted by theory. The dispersions in these individual distributions have no effect onintention to continue, suggesting that anticipated earnings risk does not play a role in thedecision.

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Hartog, Joop ; Ding, Xiaohao ; Liao, Juan
Publisher:	Amsterdam and Rotterdam : Tinbergen Institute
Subject:	Bildungsertrag \| Entscheidung bei Unsicherheit \| Bildungsverhalten \| Studierende \| Beijing \| China \| wage expectations \| educational choice

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Series:	Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper ; 11-075/3
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	84072683X [GVK] hdl:10419/86876 [Handle] RePEc:dgr:uvatin:20110075 [RePEc]
Classification:	D8 - Information and Uncertainty ; I21 - Analysis of Education ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Source:	EconStor

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