Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/30651 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 2825
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
As the time of leaving school determines the level of academic achievement this timing decision is central for the human capital investment decision. Real option theory offers a new perspective of the human capital investment decision under uncertainty and irreversibility. Unlike other approaches we include accumulative schooling costs, and provide a full analytical discussion of all determinants of the decision to terminate education and enter the labor market. Further, as we are able to look at a sequence of formal qualification levels, each characterized by various cost and income profiles we can discuss discontinuities and sheepskin effects within this approach.
Subjects: 
human capital theory
uncertainty
irreversibility
JEL: 
J24
D81
I20
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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