Information policies and higher education choices experimental evidence from Colombia
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- Leonardo Bonilla & Nicolas L. Bottan & Andres Ham, 2017. "Information Policies and Higher Education Choices Experimental Evidence from Colombia," Documentos de trabajo 017645, Escuela de Gobierno - Universidad de los Andes.
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Nudges; Information policies; Knowledge; Expectations; Higher education choices;JEL classification:
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
- I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
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