Earnings Expectations of “First-in-Family” University Students and Their Role for Major Choice
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- Katharina Adler & Fabian Kosse & Markus Nagler & Johannes Rincke, 2025. "Earnings Expectations of “First-in Family” University Students and Their Role for Major Choice," CESifo Working Paper Series 11700, CESifo.
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Keywords
earnings expectations; higher education; first-generation; socio-economic gaps;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
- I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LMA-2025-03-17 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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