Does expert advice improve educational choice

L. Borghans; B.H.H. Golsteyn; A. Stenberg

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0145378

Does expert advice improve educational choice

L. Borghans, B.H.H. Golsteyn^*, A. Stenberg

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Macro, International & Labour Economics

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Abstract

This paper reports evidence that an individual meeting with a study counselor at high school significantly improves the quality of choice of tertiary educational field, as self-assessed 18 months after graduation from college. To address endogeneity, we explore the variation in study counseling practices between schools as an instrumental variable (IV). Following careful scrutiny of the validity of the IV, our results indicate a significant and positive influence of study counseling on the quality of educational choice, foremost among males and those with low educated parents. The overall result is stable across a number of robustness checks.

Original language	English
Article number	e0145378
Journal	PLOS ONE
Volume	10
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145378
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015

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