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Expanding Horizons: A Randomized Controlled Trial on Adolescents’ Career Information Acquisition

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  • Badini, Sofia

    (IIASA)

  • Gehrke, Esther

    (Wageningen University)

  • Lenel, Friederike

    (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research)

  • Schupp, Claudia

    (Technical University Munich)

Abstract

We implement a randomized controlled trial in a low-income context to investigate whether students in lower-secondary school acquire information about potential career paths more effectively if this information is preceded by a task that allows students to explore their own interests and if the career information is ordered by the congruence between the careers and the student’s personality. We find that self-exploration in combination with the personalized display increases student information acquisition. Students also read about more diverse career paths and, low-performing students in particular, shift their focus from occupations that require university education towards those that require a high-school degree and are potentially more achievable.

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  • Badini, Sofia & Gehrke, Esther & Lenel, Friederike & Schupp, Claudia, 2026. "Expanding Horizons: A Randomized Controlled Trial on Adolescents’ Career Information Acquisition," IZA Discussion Papers 18490, IZA Network @ LISER.
    • Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp18490
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    JEL classification:

    • C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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