Post-secondary education and information on labor market prospects: A randomized field experiment
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Sarvimäki, Matti; Uusitalo, Roope (2020)
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Pekkala Kerr, Sari
Pekkarinen, Tuomas
Sarvimäki, Matti
Uusitalo, Roope
Elsevier
2020
Kuvaus
peerReviewed
Tiivistelmä
We examine the impact of an information intervention offered to 97 randomly chosen high schools on post-secondary education applications and enrollment in Finland. Graduating students in treatment schools were surveyed and given information on the labor market prospects associated with detailed post-secondary programs. We find that students who were the most likely to update their beliefs due to the intervention started to apply to programs associated with higher earnings. However, this subgroup is too small to give rise to a statistically or economically significant impact on the overall application or enrollment patterns.
JEL
H52, J24, I23
Avainsanat
Education, Information, Earnings, Randomized field experiments