Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers
Creation-Date: 2011-04-28
Number: 11-075/3
Author-Name: Joop Hartog
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Amsterdam
Author-Name: Xiaohao Ding
Author-Workplace-Name: Peking University
Author-Name: Juan Liao
Author-Workplace-Name: Peking University
Title: Is Earnings Uncertainty Relevant for Educational Choice? An Empirical Analysis for China
Abstract: 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.
Classification-JEL: D8, I21, J24
Keywords: wage expectations; educational choice
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