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Wage Expectations for Higher Education Students in Spain

Labour, ISSN: 1467-9914, Vol: 30, Issue: 1, Page: 1-17
2016
  • 7
    Citations
  • 297
    Usage
  • 30
    Captures
  • 0
    Mentions
  • 0
    Social Media
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Metrics Details

  • Citations
    7
    • Citation Indexes
      7
  • Usage
    297
  • Captures
    30

Article Description

We assess students' ability to forecast future earnings by using data on expected wages self-reported by college students with different graduation horizons. We find a significant gender gap, by which wage expectations are systematically lower for women than for men. However, women do not fully account for the gender gap in their future earnings. We also find that student performance, degree type, and graduation horizon play a relevant role in wage forecasts. In any case, students' expectations do not conform market wages but become more realistic as they approach graduation.

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