and women in their early aspirations to become law firm partners, despite similar early investments and educational … to understand the role of aspirations and then empirically test its predictions. We show that aspirations create … show that aspirations are affected by early work experiences – facing harassment or demeaning comments early in the career …

Aspirations and plans for the future can influence investments made today. Gender gaps in these views can perpetuate … gender gaps in outcomes. In this paper, we explore how gender gaps in aspirations and expectations are affected by the local … aspirations for their child’s future. We then show that these gender gaps – specifically, boys planning for higher educational …

differences, particularly in the transition to college. Educational aspirations, on the other hand, are strongly predictive of … educational gaps and the gender difference in aspirations cannot be explained, even with rich adolescent data that includes …

This paper investigates whether aspirations matter for education, which offers a common route out of poverty. We find … that mother aspirations are strongly related to the child's grade achieved at age 18. The relation is nonlinear, suggesting … contribution of mother aspirations to children's education outcomes and point to aspirations as a channel of intergenerational …

significantly improved their socio-emotional skills, aspirations, and psychological well-being. Effects are stronger for children …

aspirations for youth age 12-15 in economically vulnerable households. Using a unique Canadian dataset (2002-2008), we find that … poverty is associated with reduced university aspirations from the perspective of the youth and their mother. Further, poverty … not associated with educational aspirations, and this result persists regardless of how we measure insecurity. Controls …

aspirations and realization rates of college-educated and less educated individuals at the bilateral level. Between one-third and …