Student Awareness of Costs and Benefits of Educational Decisions: Effects of an Information Campaign and Media Exposure

Martin McGuigan, Sandra McNally and Gill Wyness
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Martin McGuigan: CEP, London School of Economics

No 8596, IZA Discussion Papers from IZA Network @ LISER

Abstract: University fees have recently trebled in England, prompting fears that young people may be put off from participating in higher education. We investigate students' knowledge and their receptiveness to information campaigns about the costs and benefits of staying on in education. We compare the effects of a specially designed information campaign to the effects of media exposure about the increase in tuition fees. The latter has a stronger effect on relevant outcomes. However, we find that an inexpensive information campaign can be effective in improving information and reducing perceived financial barriers to university participation, especially for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Keywords: educational decisions; information campaign; tuition fees (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 pages
Date: 2014-10
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Published - published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2016, 10 (4), 482–519

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Working Paper: Student Awareness of Costs and Benefits of Educational Decisions: Effects of an Information Campaign and Media Exposure (2014)
Working Paper: Student Awareness of Costs and Benefits of Educational Decisions: Effects of an Information Campaign and Media Exposure (2014)
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