{"id":2801,"date":"2021-04-22T08:13:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T06:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flex.uni-frankfurt.de\/?p=2801"},"modified":"2021-05-26T18:09:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T16:09:09","slug":"do-preferences-and-biases-predict-life-outcomes-evidence-from-education-and-labor-market-entry-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flex.uni-frankfurt.de\/index.php\/publications\/do-preferences-and-biases-predict-life-outcomes-evidence-from-education-and-labor-market-entry-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Do preferences and biases predict life outcomes? Evidence from education and labor market entry decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"custom-pagination-text-research-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.euroecorev.2021.103709\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-897 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/flex.uni-frankfurt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/X00142921-e1554029710217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-pagination-text-research-content\">\n<p>Uschi Backes-Gellner, Holger Herz, Michael Kosfeld, Yvonne Oswald, 2021,<em> European Economic Review<\/em>, 134, 103709<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-pagination-text-research-content\">\n<p><!--more Continue reading--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-pagination-text-research-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.euroecorev.2021.103709\">link to publication<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-pagination-text-research-abstract\">Abstract:<br \/>\nEvidence suggests that acquiring human capital is related to better life outcomes, yet young peoples\u2019 decisions to invest in or stop acquiring human capital are still poorly understood. We investigate the role of time and reference-dependent preferences in such decisions. Using a data set that is unique in its combination of real-world observations on student outcomes and experimental data on economic preferences, we find that a low degree of long-run patience is a significant predictor of dropping out of upper-secondary education. Further, for students who finish education we show that one month before termination of their program, present-biased students are less likely to have concrete continuation plans. Our findings provide fresh evidence on students\u2019 decision-making about human capital acquisition and labor market transition with important implications for education and labor market policy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uschi Backes-Gellner, Holger Herz, Michael Kosfeld, Yvonne Oswald, 2021, European Economic Review, 134, 103709<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flex.uni-frankfurt.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flex.uni-frankfurt.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flex.uni-frankfurt.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flex.uni-frankfurt.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flex.uni-frankfurt.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2801"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/flex.uni-frankfurt.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2833,"href":"https:\/\/flex.uni-frankfurt.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2801\/revisions\/2833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flex.uni-frankfurt.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flex.uni-frankfurt.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flex.uni-frankfurt.de\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}