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Katja Maria Kaufmann

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Working papers

  1. Teodora Boneva & Marta Golin & Katja Kaufmann & Christopher Rauh, 2024. "Beliefs About Maternal Labor Supply," ECONtribute Discussion Papers Series 300, University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Germany.

    Cited by:

    1. Boinet, Césarine & Norris, Jonathan & Romiti, Agnese & Shi, Zhan & Telemo, Paul, 2024. "Beliefs on Children's Human Capital Formation and Mothers at Work," IZA Discussion Papers 17574, IZA Network @ LISER.
    2. Francesco Capozza, 2024. "Beliefs about the Gender Gap in Salary Negotiations," CESifo Working Paper Series 11228, CESifo.
    3. Barigozzi, Francesca & Montinari, Natalia, 2025. "Social norms in survey experiments: Personal beliefs versus normative expectations," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 239(C).
    4. Francesco Agostinelli & Matthias Doepke & Giuseppe Sorrenti & Fabrizio Zilibotti, 2025. "A Stairway to Success: How Parenting Shapes Culture and Social Stratification," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 2449, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University.
    5. Ana Costa-Ramón & Ursina Schaede & Michaela Slotwinski & Anne Ardila Brenoe, 2024. "(Not) Thinking about the Future: Inattention and Maternal Labor Supply," CESifo Working Paper Series 11359, CESifo.
    6. Adams-Prassl, Abi & Boneva, Teodora & Golin, Marta & Rauh, Christopher, 2023. "Perceived returns to job search," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 80(C).
    7. Baez, Maria Josefina & Giannelli, Gianna Claudia & Mangiavacchi, Lucia, 2025. "Labor Market Shocks, Parental Beliefs, and Children’s Socio-Emotional Development," IZA Discussion Papers 18049, IZA Network @ LISER.
    8. Stornik, Iris, 2025. "Expected Returns to Parenting Styles: Perceived Impacts on Educational Outcomes, Mental Health, and Self-Worth," VfS Annual Conference 2025 (Cologne): Revival of Industrial Policy 325447, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.

  2. Katja M. Kaufmann & Yasemin Özdemir & Han Ye, 2023. "Spillover Effects of Old-Age Pension Across Generations: Family Labor Supply and Child Outcomes," CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper Series crctr224_2023_403v3, University of Bonn and University of Mannheim, Germany, revised Oct 2025.

    Cited by:

    1. Mara Barschkett & C. Katharina Spiess & Elena Ziege, 2026. "The Generational Gift: The Effects of Grandparental Care on the Next Generations' Health and Well‐Being," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 35(3), pages 522-547, March.
    2. Sona Badalyan, 2025. "Peer Effects in Old-Age Employment Among Women," CERGE-EI Working Papers wp800, The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute, Prague.
    3. Sturm, Patrick, 2025. "Workplace peer effects in retirement," W.E.P. - Würzburg Economic Papers 112, University of Würzburg, Department of Economics.
    4. Karademir, Sencer & Laliberté, Jean-William & Staubli, Stefan, 2023. "The Multigenerational Impact of Children and Childcare Policies," IZA Discussion Papers 15894, IZA Network @ LISER.

  3. Katja Maria Kaufmann & Matthias Messner & Alex Solis, 2021. "Elite Higher Education, the Marriage Market and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital," CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper Series crctr224_2021_269, University of Bonn and University of Mannheim, Germany.

    Cited by:

    1. Katja Maria Kaufmann & Yasemin Özdemir & Han Ye, 2022. "Spillover Effects of Old-Age Pension across Generations: Family Labor Supply and Child Outcomes," CESifo Working Paper Series 9813, CESifo.
    2. Bautista, María Angélica & González, Felipe & Martínez, Luis R. & Muñoz, Pablo & Prem, Mounu, 2022. "The Intergenerational Transmission of College: Evidence from the 1973 Coup in Chile," Working papers 90, Red Investigadores de Economía.
    3. Maria Angelica Bautista & Felipe Gonzalez & Luis R. Martinez & Pablo Munoz & Mounu Prem, "undated". "The intergenerational transmission of higher education: Evidence from the 1973 coup in Chile," Working Papers 959, Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance.
    4. Diana Alessandrini & Bharat Diwakar, 2023. "The Intergenerational Effects of Recessions," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 69(4), pages 1060-1087, December.
    5. Arenas, Andreu & Calsamiglia, Caterina, 2022. "Gender Differences in High-Stakes Performance and College Admission Policies," IZA Discussion Papers 15550, IZA Network @ LISER.

  4. Boneva, T. & Golin, M. & Kaufmann, K. & Rauh, C., 2021. "Maternal Labor Supply: Perceived Returns, Constraints, and Social Norms," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 2138, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.

    Cited by:

    1. Annekatrin Schrenker, 2022. "Do Women Expect Wage Cuts for Part-time Work?," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 2024, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    2. Annekatrin Schrenker, 2023. "Causal Misperceptions of the Part-Time Pay Gap," Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series 372, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition.
    3. Annekatrin Schrenker, 2023. "Causal Misperceptions of the Part-Time Pay Gap," Berlin School of Economics Discussion Papers 0010, Berlin School of Economics.
    4. Barigozzi, Francesca & Montinari, Natalia, 2025. "Social norms in survey experiments: Personal beliefs versus normative expectations," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 239(C).
    5. Baertsch, Laurenz & Sandner, Malte, 2025. "Reducing the child penalty by incentivizing maternal part-time work?," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
    6. Averkamp, Dorothée, 2024. "The Gender Wage Gap, Labor-Market Experience, and Family Choices: Lessons from East Germany?," VfS Annual Conference 2024 (Berlin): Upcoming Labor Market Challenges 302347, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
    7. Schrenker, Annekatrin, 2023. "Do women expect wage cuts for part-time work?," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 80, pages 1-23.
    8. Annekatrin Schrenker, 2023. "Causal Misperceptions of the Part-Time Pay Gap," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 2031, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    9. Backhaus, Teresa & Schäper, Clara & Schrenker, Annekatrin, 2023. "Causal misperceptions of the part-time pay gap," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
    10. Schrenker, Annekatrin, 2023. "Do women expect wage cuts for part-time work?," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 80(C).
    11. Iris Kesternich & Marjolein Van Damme & Han Ye, 2024. "Job Amenities and the Gender Pension Gap," CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper Series crctr224_2024_600v2, University of Bonn and University of Mannheim, Germany, revised Apr 2025.

  5. Ghazala Azmat & Katja Kaufmann, 2021. "Formation of college plans: expected returns, preferences and adjustment process," CEP Discussion Papers dp1765, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.

    Cited by:

    1. Ghazala Azmat & Jack Britton, 2024. "Labour Market Returns to Higher Education," Post-Print hal-04709561, HAL.
    2. Pamela Giustinelli, 2022. "Expectations in Education: Framework, Elicitation, and Evidence," Working Papers 2022-026, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group.

  6. Fernanda Brollo & Katja Maria Kaufmann & Eliana La Ferrara, 2018. "Learning Spillovers in Conditional Welfare Programs: Evidence From Brazil," CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper Series crctr224_2018_050, University of Bonn and University of Mannheim, Germany.

    Cited by:

    1. Cepaluni, Gabriel & Driscoll, Amanda, 2025. "Do conditional cash transfers improve intergenerational gains in educational achievement?: Evidence from Brazil’s Bolsa Familia Program," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 187(C).
    2. Cristina Felfe & Patrick Schneider & Lídia Farré & Libertad González, 2022. "Changing Gender Norms across Generations: Evidence from a Paternity Leave Reform," Working Papers 1310, Barcelona School of Economics.
    3. Eric Draeger, 2021. "Do conditional cash transfers increase schooling among adolescents?," International Economics and Economic Policy, Springer, vol. 18(4), pages 743-766, October.
    4. Marcelo Arbex & Jessica Faciroli & Ricardo da Silva Freguglia & Marcel de Toledo Vieira, 2022. "Brazil’s Bolsa Familia: Neighborhood and Racial Group Networks," Working Papers 2201, University of Windsor, Department of Economics.
    5. Joan Vilá & Marcelo Bérgolo & Guillermo Cruces & Marcelo Bergolo, 2026. "Enforcement Spillovers and the Efficiency Costs of Means-Tested Transfers: Evidence from Workplace Networks," CESifo Working Paper Series 12805, CESifo.

  7. Brollo, Fernanda & Kaufmann, Katja Maria & Ferrara, Eliana La, 2017. "The Political Economy of Program Enforcement: Evidence from Brazil," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 316, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).

    Cited by:

    1. Gustavo Bobonis & Paul Gertler & Marco Gonzalez-Navarro & Simeon Nichter, 2017. "Vulnerability and Clientelism," Working Papers tecipa-586, University of Toronto, Department of Economics.
    2. Matteo Gamalerio, 2018. "Not Welcome Anymore: The Effect of Electoral Incentives on the Reception of Refugees," CESifo Working Paper Series 7212, CESifo.
    3. Axel Eizmendi Larrinaga & Germ'an Reyes, 2025. "Cash and Cognition: The Impact of Transfer Timing on Standardized Test Performance and Human Capital," Papers 2507.21393, arXiv.org.
    4. Cepaluni, Gabriel & Driscoll, Amanda, 2025. "Do conditional cash transfers improve intergenerational gains in educational achievement?: Evidence from Brazil’s Bolsa Familia Program," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 187(C).
    5. Duchoslav, Jan & Kenamu, Edwin & Thunde, Jack, 2021. "Targeting Hunger or Votes? The Political Economy of Humanitarian Transfers in Malawi," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 314977, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    6. Gerard,François & Naritomi,Joana & Silva,Joana C. G., 2021. "Cash Transfers and Formal Labor Markets : Evidence from Brazil : Cash Transfers and the Local Economy: Evidence from Brazil," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9778, The World Bank.
    7. Pranab Bardhan & Sandip Mitra & Dilip Mookherjee & Anusha Nath, 2020. "How Do Voters Respond to Welfare vis-à-vis Public Good Programs? An Empirical Test for Clientelism," Staff Report 605, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
    8. Yuri Barreto & Diogo G.C. Britto & Bladimir Carrillo & Daniel Da Mata & Lucas Emanuel & Breno Sampaio, 2025. "Cisterns for life: climate adaptation policies for water provision and rural lives," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2025-97, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    9. Guo, Jingyuan & Deng, Kent, 2024. "Laying off old guards to rebuild state capacity: Deng Xiaoping’s bloodless coup d’etat in post-Mao China, 1980-2000," Economic History Working Papers 126083, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History.
    10. González, Felipe & Prem, Mounu, 2025. "Government Support in Times of Crisis: Transfers and the Road to Socialism," IZA Discussion Papers 17661, IZA Network @ LISER.
    11. Abhijit Banerjee & Rema Hanna & Benjamin A. Olken & Diana Sverdlin Lisker, 2024. "Social Protection in the Developing World," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 62(4), pages 1349-1421, December.

  8. Brollo, Fernanda & Kaufmann, Katja Maria & Ferrara, Eliana La, 2017. "Learning about the Enforcement of Conditional Welfare Programs: Evidence from Brazil," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 317, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).

    Cited by:

    1. Rodrigo Ceni & Gonzalo Salas, 2021. "Transfer program enforcement and children’s time allocation," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 19(4), pages 1099-1137, December.
    2. Lenel, Friederike & Priebe, Jan & Satriawan, Elan & Syamsulhakim, Ekki, 2022. "Can mHealth campaigns improve CCT outcomes? Experimental evidence from sms-nudges in Indonesia," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    3. Gaetano Basso & Eleonora Brandimarti & Michele Pellizzari & Giovanni Pica, 2021. "Quality and Selection in Regulated Professions," Development Working Papers 467, Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, University of Milano.

  9. Katja Maria Kaufmann & Matthias Messner & Alex Solis, 2013. "Returns to Elite Higher Education in the Marriage Market: Evidence from Chile," Working Papers 489, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University.

    Cited by:

    1. Massimo Anelli, 2016. "The Returns to Elite College Education: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis," CESifo Working Paper Series 6076, CESifo.
    2. Pestel, Nico, 2016. "Searching on the Campus? Marriage Market Effects of the Student Gender Composition by Field of Study," VfS Annual Conference 2016 (Augsburg): Demographic Change 145510, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
    3. Mansour, Hani & McKinnish, Terra, 2014. "Same-Occupation Spouses: Preferences and Search Costs," IZA Discussion Papers 8370, IZA Network @ LISER.
    4. Jean-Marie Baland & Roberta Ziparo, 2017. "Intra-household bargaining in poor countries," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2017-108, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    5. Mattos, Enlinson & virtual::5854 & -1 & Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro & virtual::5855 & -1 & Silveira, Priscilla Bacalhau Velloso da & virtual::5857 & -1, 2019. "College quality signaling and individual performance: effects on labor market outcomes after graduation," Textos para discussão 502, FGV EESP - Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil).
    6. Bicakova, Alena & Jurajda, Štepán, 2016. "Field-of-Study Homogamy," IZA Discussion Papers 9844, IZA Network @ LISER.
    7. Duchini, Emma, 2017. "Is college remedial education a worthy investment? New evidence from a sharp regression discontinuity design," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 36-53.
    8. Lars J. Kirkebøen & Edwin Leuven & Magne Mogstad, 2015. "Field of study, earnings and self-selection," Discussion Papers 794, Statistics Norway, Research Department.
    9. Huang, Bin & Tani, Massimiliano & Xu, Lei & Zhu, Yu, 2025. "Does college education make women less likely to marry? evidence from the Chinese higher education expansion," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 118(C).
    10. W. Bentley MacLeod & Evan Riehl & Juan E. Saavedra & Miguel Urquiola, 2015. "The Big Sort: College Reputation and Labor Market Outcomes," NBER Working Papers 21230, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    11. Maarseveen, Raoul van, 2026. "Urbanization and educational attainment: Evidence from Africa," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 179(C).
    12. Milla, Joniada, 2017. "The Context-Bound University Selectivity Premium," IZA Discussion Papers 11025, IZA Network @ LISER.
    13. Kirkeboen, Lars & Leuven, Edwin & Mogstad, Magne, 2021. "College as a Marriage Market," IZA Discussion Papers 14264, IZA Network @ LISER.
    14. Maria Paula Gerardino & Stephan Litschig & Dina Pomeranz, 2017. "Distortion by Audit: Evidence from Public Procurement," NBER Working Papers 23978, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    15. Sylvie Démurger & Eric A. Hanushek & Lei Zhang, 2019. "Employer Learning and the Dynamics of Returns to Universities: Evidence from Chinese Elite Education during University Expansion," NBER Working Papers 25955, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    16. Persson, Petra, 2015. "Social insurance and the marriage market," Working Paper Series 2015:6, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy.
    17. Avitabile,Ciro & De Hoyos Navarro,Rafael E., 2015. "The Heterogeneous effect of information on student performance : evidence from a randomized control trial in Mexico," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7422, The World Bank.
    18. Marin Drlje & Stepan Jurajda, 2021. "LATE Estimators under Costly Non-compliance in Student-College Matching Markets," CERGE-EI Working Papers wp686, The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute, Prague.
    19. Suqin Ge & Elliott Isaac & Amalia Miller, 2018. "Elite Schools and Opting In: Effects of College Selectivity on Career and Family Outcomes," NBER Working Papers 25315, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    20. Montoya, Ana Maria & Noton, Carlos & Solis, Alex, 2018. "The Returns to College Choice: Loans, Scholarships and Labor Outcomes," Working Paper Series 2018:12, Uppsala University, Department of Economics.
    21. Goodman, Joshua Samuel & Hurwitz, Michael & Smith, Jonathan, 2017. "Access to 4-Year Public Colleges and Degree Completion," Scholarly Articles 34298861, Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
    22. Zitong Wang & Dongshu Ou, 2026. "Returns to women’s education within marriage: evidence from a regression discontinuity design study in China," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 24(2), pages 567-627, June.
    23. Arpita Patnaik & Matthew J. Wiswall & Basit Zafar, 2020. "College Majors," NBER Working Papers 27645, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    24. W. Bentley MacLeod & Miguel Urquiola, 2018. "Is Education Consumption or Investment? Implications for the Effect of School Competition," NBER Working Papers 25117, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    25. Seth D. Zimmerman, 2016. "Elite Colleges and Upward Mobility to Top Jobs and Top Incomes," NBER Working Papers 22900, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    26. Goodman, Joshua & Hurwitz, Michael & Smith, Jonathan, 2015. "College Access, Initial College Choice and Degree Completion," Working Paper Series rwp14-030, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
    27. Hani Mansour & Terra McKinnish, 2018. "Same-occupation spouses: preferences or search costs?," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 31(4), pages 1005-1033, October.
    28. Machin, Stephen & McNally, Sandra & Ruiz-Valenzuela, Jenifer, 2020. "Entry through the narrow door: The costs of just failing high stakes exams," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 190(C).
    29. Caroline Hoxby & Sarah Turner, "undated". "Expanding College Opportunities for High-Achieving, Low Income Students," Discussion Papers 12-014, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.
    30. Joshua Goodman & Michael Hurwitz & Jonathan Smith, 2015. "Access to Four-Year Public Colleges and Degree Completion," NBER Working Papers 20996, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

  10. Katja Maria Kaufmann, 2010. "Understanding the Income Gradient in College Attendance in Mexico: The Role of Heterogeneity in Expected Returns," Working Papers 362, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University.

    Cited by:

    1. Jo Blanden & Matthias Doepke & Jan Stuhler, 2022. "Educational Inequality," Papers 2204.04701, arXiv.org.
    2. Lergetporer, Philipp & Werner, Katharina & Woessmann, Ludger, 2018. "Does Ignorance of Economic Returns and Costs Explain the Educational Aspiration Gap? Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments," IZA Discussion Papers 11453, IZA Network @ LISER.
    3. Avitabile,Ciro & Bobba,Matteo & Pariguana,Marco, 2015. "High school track choice and financial constraints : evidence from urban Mexico," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7427, The World Bank.
    4. Lukas Kiessling & Pia Pinger & Philipp Seegers & Jan Bergerhoff, 2023. "Gender Differences in Wage Expectations and Negotiation," ECONtribute Discussion Papers Series 268, University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Germany.
    5. Suzanne Bellue, 2024. "Why Don’t Poor Families Move? A Spatial Equilibrium Analysis of Parental Decisions with Social Learning," Working Papers 2024-07, Center for Research in Economics and Statistics.
    6. Matteo Bobbay & Veronica Frisancho, 2017. "Learning about Oneself: The Effects of Performance Feedback on School Choice," Working Paper 57b2a335-f54f-4c97-9e57-7, Agence française de développement.
    7. Magne Mogstad & Alexander Torgovitsky, 2024. "Instrumental Variables with Unobserved Heterogeneity in Treatment Effects," RFBerlin Discussion Paper Series 2430, ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin (RFBerlin).
    8. Gizem Koşar & Cormac O'Dea, 2022. "Expectations Data in Structural Microeconomic Models," Staff Reports 1018, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
    9. Hastings, Justine S. & Neilson, Christopher A. & Ramirez, Anely & Zimmerman, Seth D., 2016. "(Un)informed college and major choice: Evidence from linked survey and administrative data," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 136-151.
    10. Bo, Shiyu & Chen, Joy & Song, Yan & Zhou, Sen, 2020. "Media attention and choice of major: Evidence from anti-doctor violence in China," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 170(C), pages 1-19.
    11. P. Wesley Routon, 2018. "The Probability of Teenage Parenthood: Parental Predictions and Their Accuracy," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Springer, vol. 39(4), pages 647-661, December.
    12. Lukas Kiessling, 2020. "How Do Parents Perceive the Returns to Parenting Styles and Neighborhoods?," Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Economics 2020_14, Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Economics.
    13. Michele Giannola, 2022. "Parental investments and intra-household inequality in child human capital: evidence from a survey experiment," IFS Working Papers W22/54, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
    14. Gunes, Pinar Mine & Ural Marchand, Beyza, 2020. "Macroeconomic conditions and child schooling in Turkey," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 63(C).
    15. Álvarez, Begoña & Vera-Hernández, Marcos, 2013. "Exploiting subjective information to understand impoverished children's use of health care," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 32(6), pages 1194-1204.
    16. Jacopo Mazza & Hans van Ophem, 2020. "Educational Choice, Initial Wage and Wage Growth," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 20-030/III, Tinbergen Institute.
    17. Grewenig, Elisabeth & Lergetporer, Philipp & Werner, Katharina & Woessmann, Ludger, 2019. "Incentives, Search Engines, and the Elicitation of Subjective Beliefs: Evidence From Representative Online Survey Experiments," Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series 146, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition.
    18. Zimmermann, Markus, 2019. "Explaining Gaps in Educational Transitions Between Migrant and Native School Leavers," Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series 156, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition.
    19. Dustmann, Christian & Cornelissen, Thomas & Raute, Anna & Schonberg, Uta, 2016. "From Late To Mte: Alternative Methods For The Evaluation Of Policy Interventions," CEPR Discussion Papers 11390, Centre for Economic Policy Research.
    20. Dragomirescu-Gaina, Catalin & Elia, Leandro & Weber, Anke, 2014. "A fast-forward look at tertiary education attainment in Europe 2020," MPRA Paper 57957, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    21. Rojas, Eugenio & Sánchez, Rafael & Villena, Mauricio G., 2016. "Credit constraints in higher education in a context of unobserved heterogeneity," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 225-250.
    22. Jakub Bartak, 2017. "Does income inequality hamper human capital accumulation in OECD countries?," Managerial Economics, AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Management, vol. 18(2), pages 133-145.
    23. Ana Figueiredo, 2018. "Information Frictions in Education and Inequality," 2018 Meeting Papers 804, Society for Economic Dynamics.
    24. Justine Hastings & Christopher A. Neilson & Seth D. Zimmerman, 2015. "The Effects of Earnings Disclosure on College Enrollment Decisions," Working Papers 2015-1, Princeton University. Economics Department..
    25. Ralph Stinebrickner & Todd Stinebrickner, 2013. "A Major in Science? Initial Beliefs and Final Outcomes for College Major and Dropout," University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP) Working Papers 20134, University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP).
    26. Checchi, Daniele & Fiorio, Carlo V. & Leonardi, Marco, 2014. "Parents' risk aversion and children's educational attainment," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 30(C), pages 164-175.
    27. Molina, Oswaldo & Santa María, Diego & Yamada, Gustavo, 2018. "What Stops Poor Girls from Going to College? Skill Development and Access to Higher Education in a Developing Country," IZA Discussion Papers 12052, IZA Network @ LISER.
    28. Laura Schmitz, 2022. "Heterogeneous Effects of After-School Care on Child Development," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 2006, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    29. Boneva, Teodora & Golin, Marta & Rauh, Christopher, 2022. "Can perceived returns explain enrollment gaps in postgraduate education?," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 77(C).
    30. Teodora Boneva & Christopher Rauh, 2015. "Parental Beliefs about Returns to Educational Investments: The Later the Better?," Working Papers 2015-019, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group.
    31. Das, Jishnu & Singh, Abhijeet & Yi Chang, Andres, 2022. "Test scores and educational opportunities: Panel evidence from five low- and middle-income countries," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 206(C).
    32. Suzanne Bellue, 2026. "Residential and Social Mobility: A Quantitative Analysis of Parental Decisions with Social Learning," RFBerlin Discussion Paper Series 26100, ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin (RFBerlin).
    33. Oswaldo Molina & Diego Santa María & Gustavo Yamada, 2024. "Study for Nothing? Gender and Access to Higher Education in a Developing Country," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 72(2), pages 517-561.
    34. Attanasio, Orazio P. & Kaufmann, Katja M., 2017. "Education choices and returns on the labor and marriage markets: Evidence from data on subjective expectations," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 140(C), pages 35-55.
    35. Moustapha, Mahamat, 2024. "Oil boom, rent sharing, job prospects and human capital investment: Evidence from Chad," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 133(C).
    36. Patrizio Piraino, 2020. "Drivers of mobility," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2020-6, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    37. Ana Figueiredo, 2017. "Uncertainty in education: The role of communities and social learning," 2017 Meeting Papers 529, Society for Economic Dynamics.
    38. Katharina Werner, 2019. "The Role of Information for Public Preferences on Education – Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments," ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, number 82, April.
    39. Philipp Lergetporer & Katharina Werner & Ludger Woessmann, 2021. "Does Ignorance of Economic Returns and Costs Explain the Educational Aspiration Gap? Representative Evidence from Adults and Adolescents," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 88(351), pages 624-670, July.
    40. Filippin, Antonio & Paccagnella, Marco, 2012. "Family background, self-confidence and economic outcomes," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 31(5), pages 824-834.
    41. Marcelo Gantier & Rafael Novella & Andrea Repetto, 2024. "Subjective expectations and schooling choices in Latin America and the Caribbean," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 36(3), pages 1593-1621, April.
    42. Attanasio, Orazio P. & Kaufmann, Katja M., 2014. "Education choices and returns to schooling: Mothers' and youths' subjective expectations and their role by gender," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 109(C), pages 203-216.
    43. Guillouët, Louise & Khandelwal, Amit K. & Macchiavello, Rocco & Malhotra, Madhav & Teachout, Matthieu, 2024. "Language barriers in multinationals and knowledge transfers," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 122568, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    44. Teresa Molina & Ivan Rivadeneyra, 2019. "The Labor Market Effects of Eliminating University Tuition in Ecuador," Working Papers 201901, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics.
    45. Mogstad, Magne & Torgovitsky, Alexander, 2024. "Instrumental variables with unobserved heterogeneity in treatment effects," Handbook of Labor Economics,, Elsevier.
    46. Orazio Attanasio & Katja Kaufmann, 2009. "Educational Choices, Subjective Expectations, and Credit Constraints," NBER Working Papers 15087, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    47. Arpita Patnaik & Joanna Venator & Matthew Wiswall & Basit Zafar, 2020. "The Role of Heterogeneous Risk Preferences, Discount Rates, and Earnings Expectations in College Major Choice," NBER Working Papers 26785, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    48. Esther Duflo & Pascaline Dupas & Michael Kremer, 2021. "The Impact of Free Secondary Education: Experimental Evidence from Ghana," NBER Working Papers 28937, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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