Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/108415 
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Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
Budapest Working Papers on the Labour Market No. BWP - 2003/8
Publisher: 
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics, Labour Research Department, Budapest
Abstract: 
This paper analyses the effects of labour market expectations and admission probabilities on students' application strategies to higher education. The starting hypothesis of this study is that students consider the expected utility of their choices, a function of expected net lifetime earnings and the probability of admission. Based on a survey carried out among Hungarian secondary school students, three aspects of application decisions are investigated: the number of applications; the institutions/ field specialisation ranked first and last in students' choices; and the selection between state-funded and cost-priced education. The results of this paper confirm that both expected wages and admission probabilities determine students' application strategies and that the seemingly irrational student preferences for institutions/orientations with less favourable labour market opportunities might be the result of a rational decision process.
Subjects: 
Education
Human Capital
Skills
Occupational Choice
Labor Productivity
JEL: 
I20
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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