University choice: the role of expected earnings, non-pecuniary outcomes, and financial constraints
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- Delavande, Adeline & Zafar, Basit, 2014. "University choice: the role of expected earnings, non-pecuniary outcomes and financial constraints," ISER Working Paper Series 2014-38, Institute for Social and Economic Research.
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Keywords
subjective expectations; credit constraints; school choice;JEL classification:
- I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- D84 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Expectations; Speculations
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2014-08-16 (Education)
- NEP-EDU-2014-08-20 (Education)
- NEP-UPT-2014-08-16 (Utility Models & Prospect Theory)
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