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:	2011-04-28
Authors:	Hartog, Joop ; Ding, Xiaohao ; Liao, Juan
Institutions:	Tinbergen Instituut
Subject:	wage expectations \| educational choice

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers Number 11-075/3
Classification:	D8 - Information and Uncertainty ; I21 - Analysis of Education ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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