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Earnings Expectations and Higher-education Enrolment Decisions in Hungary

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  • Júlia Varga

    (Human Resources Department, Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration H-1093 Budapest, Fővám tér 8, Hungary)

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This paper is based on a survey carried out among Hungarian secondary-school students to examine (1) what students know about wages and relative wages when they are in their senior year of secondary school and are about to make decisions on their further studies, (2) how they form expectations regarding their future earnings and employment probabilities at different levels of schooling and (3) whether their expectations of the labour-market outcome of higher education have an impact on the probability of applying for higher educational studies. The results show that students on the average have quite an accurate knowledge of current wages by educational levels and occupations. Their expected earnings are higher than their estimations of current earnings and their labour-market return expectations have an impact on the probability of applying for further studies.

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  • Júlia Varga, 2002. "Earnings Expectations and Higher-education Enrolment Decisions in Hungary," Society and Economy, Akadémiai Kiadó, Hungary, vol. 24(1), pages 121-152, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:aka:soceco:v:24:y:2002:i:1:p:121-152
    Note: This research was undertaken with support from the European Community’s Phare ACE Programme 1998. The content of the publication is the sole responsibility of the author and it in no way represents the views of the Commission or its services.
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    1. Giorgio Brunello & Claudio Lucifora & Rudolf Winter-Ebmer, 2004. "The Wage Expectations of European Business and Economics Students," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 39(4).
    2. Marija Andonova & Nikica Mojsoska-Blazevski, 2015. "Factors Influencing the Earnings Expectations among Macedonian Students: A Comparative Perspective with the EU Students," Croatian Economic Survey, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb, vol. 17(1), pages 71-110, June.
    3. Huntington-Klein, Nick, 2015. "Subjective and projected returns to education," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 117(C), pages 10-25.
    4. Julia Varga, 2006. "The Role of Labour Market Expectations and Admission Probabilities in Students' Application Decisions on Higher Education: The Case of Hungary," Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(3), pages 309-327.
    5. Tacsir, Ezequiel, 2010. "Making your own future: Expectations and occupation choice," MERIT Working Papers 2010-058, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).

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