Updating Tertiary Education Expectations and Choices with Learning

Joniada Milla

No 2016013, LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE from Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)

Abstract: I conduct a large-scale analysis on how students revise their educational expectations and change their post-secondary education (PSE) pathways. I find evidence that an important determinant is exposure to unexpected information on the quality of match between their ability and academic difficulty of the program. This relationship is non-linear, and responsive only to unexpected information that signals a mismatch. In Canada about 25% of freshman experience a PSE path disruption, which entails a public and private cost. The findings suggest that policy measures targeting to improve the quality of match through student consultation could be employed to reduce this inefficiency.

Keywords: Tertiary Education; Major Switch; Drop-out; Expectations; Grades (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-04-01
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