Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/30499 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 2799
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper argues that the consumption value of education is an important motivation for the educational choice. While controlling for ability, we document that individuals are willing to forego substantial future wage returns in order to acquire a particular type of higher education. We document that the individuals who attended Teachers' College in Norway during the 1960's had an ex ante willingness to pay for the consumption value of this educational type of at least 34% of the present value of expected potential lifetime income. The ex post price for this consumption value turned out to be 39% of their potential lifetime income.
Subjects: 
educational choice
type of education
non-pecuniary return
willingness to pay
consumption value of education
JEL: 
J24
J31
J33
I21
H89
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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