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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2016
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
Staff Report No. 792
Verlag: 
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, NY
Zusammenfassung: 
This paper studies how individuals believe human capital investments will affect their future career and family life. We conducted a survey of high-ability currently enrolled college students and elicited beliefs about how their choice of college major, and whether to complete their degree at all, would affect a wide array of future events, including future earnings, employment, marriage prospects, potential spousal characteristics, and fertility. We find that students perceive large 'returns" to human capital not only in their own future earnings, but also in a number of other dimensions (such as future labor supply and potential spouse's earnings). In a recent follow-up survey conducted six years after the initial data collection, we find a close connection between the expectations and current realizations. Finally, we show that both the career and family expectations help explain human capital choices.
Schlagwörter: 
human capital
subjective expectations
college major
uncertainty
marriage
fertility
labor supply
gender
JEL: 
D81
D84
I21
I23
J10
J12
J13
J16
J24
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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