TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Berkes, Jan
AU  - Peter, Frauke
AU  - Spieß, C. Katharina
AU  - Weinhardt, Felix
        TI  - Information Provision and Postgraduate Studies
        PY  - 2019/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12735
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp12735
        AB  - This is the first paper to experimentally examine effects of information provision on beliefs about pecuniary and non-pecuniary returns of postgraduate education, enrollment intentions and realized enrollment. We find that our treatment causally affects beliefs measured six month after treatment. The effects on beliefs differ by gender and academic background, and we find that stated enrollment intentions change accordingly: in particular males significantly adjust their beliefs and intentions to undertake postgraduate studies. We follow the students further and provide evidence on actual enrollment one year after treatment. Taken together, this study highlights the relevance of information provision on pecuniary and non-pecuniary labor market returns for postgraduate study decisions.
        KW  - RCT
KW  - postgraduate education
KW  - information
KW  - expectations
        ER  -