[VCEE Seminar] VCEE Seminar with Kristoffer B. Hvidberg - Invitation, October 20

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Dear All,

You are invited to attend the first VCEE seminar of the winter semester 2025
on Monday, October 20, from 11:30 to 13:00 hrs Vienna time. 

The seminar takes place in lecture hall 7 (1st floor) at
Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1.

We will have one speaker: Kristoffer B. Hvidberg (U Aarhus)

 

Webpage:   <https://kristofferhvidberg.com/> https://kristofferhvidberg.com/

Here is more information about the talk:

Title: Preferences and Choice of Education

 

Abstract:

We investigate whether economic preferences influence educational choices
independently of cognitive ability. Using incentivized experiments with over
4,000 Danish 19-year-olds linked to administrative records, we find that
patience predicts enrollment in longer educational programs, while risk
aversion predicts selection into programs with lower earnings dispersion.
Both effects persist after controlling for cognitive ability measured by
GPA, demographic characteristics, and parental background. Our results
demonstrate that economic preferences explain variation in educational
choices beyond academic background and achievement, with implications for
understanding human capital investment.



If you are interested in meeting Kristoffer (meeting slots of 30') you can
register via this link:

https://nuudel.digitalcourage.de/VOcQ9AXiPRovXBJK

 

Best regards,

Sylvia

 

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