BIASED ASPIRATIONS AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY AT SCHOOL: EVIDENCE FROM FRENCH TEENAGERS
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Guyon, Nina; Hunk, Elise
署名单位：
National University of Singapore; Universite PSL; Universite Paris-Dauphine; Universite PSL
刊物名称：
ECONOMIC JOURNAL
ISSN/ISSBN：
0013-0133
DOI：
10.1093/ej/ueaa077
发表日期：
2021
页码：
745-796
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摘要：
Socially disadvantaged students are less likely to aspire to the top educational pathways than their advantaged classmates who have the same test scores. We identify two behavioural biases that explain most of this gap: socially disadvantaged students are less aware of the top educational pathways and underestimate their academic ability relative to their advantaged peers. We also find that lower educational aspirations at a point in time are associated with poorer school outcomes later on, after controlling for many important factors. Debiasing aspirations through information campaigns and self-esteem building programmes could thus help reduce social inequality in educational attainment.