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Biased Aspirations and Social Inequality at School: Evidence from French Teenagers

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dc.contributor.authorGuyon, Nina
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine [LEDa]
dc.contributor.authorHuillery, Élise
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-22T12:01:42Z
dc.date.available2021-02-22T12:01:42Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn0013-0133
dc.identifier.urihttps://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/21611
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectSchool Aspirationsen
dc.subjectAspiration Windowsen
dc.subjectTrack choicesen
dc.subjectInequalityen
dc.subjectPoverty Trapen
dc.subject.ddc334en
dc.subject.classificationjelI.I3.I32en
dc.subject.classificationjelI.I2.I21en
dc.titleBiased Aspirations and Social Inequality at School: Evidence from French Teenagersen
dc.typeArticle accepté pour publication ou publié
dc.contributor.editoruniversityotherNational University of Singapore;Singapore
dc.description.abstractenSocially 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.en
dc.relation.isversionofjnlnameThe Economic Journal
dc.relation.isversionofjnldate2020-06
dc.relation.isversionofdoi10.1093/ej/ueaa077en
dc.relation.isversionofjnlpublisherOxford University Pressen
dc.subject.ddclabelEconomie socialeen
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dc.relation.forthcomingprintnonen
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dc.description.audienceInternationalen
dc.relation.Isversionofjnlpeerreviewedouien
dc.relation.Isversionofjnlpeerreviewedouien
dc.date.updated2021-02-22T10:26:44Z
hal.identifierhal-03148586*
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