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On March 6th Wednesday at 1PM in room 402, Theodor Kouro will give a presentation on the following material:

Title: "Desirable ideal or an achievable reality? A natural field experiment on parental aspirations (with Enkelejda Havari, Rebecca Dizon-Ross and Esmeralda Zhabjaku Shehaj)"

Abstract: "People often guide their present human capital decisions based on aspirations about the future, and sometimes, these decisions are inefficient because their aspirations are unrealistic. In collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Sports in Albania, this study proposes an individualized information intervention to change parents' unrealistic aspirations regarding their children's college education. The main research question is whether individualized information about the probability of college eligibility will affect the secondary education choices parents make for their children upon completing middle school, specifically in choosing between academic or vocational tracks. We hypothesize that parents misperceive their kids' chances of making it to college conditional on choosing the academic track and that updating their beliefs could change their aspirations and lead to more efficient secondary education decisions. Furthermore, this study explores the role of hope in shaping aspirations. Parents may harbor hopes that their children will excel academically in high school, ultimately securing college admission. However, presenting individualized predictions about college eligibility based on (slightly/significantly) improved performance in high school may also impact parents' aspirations and actual decisions."

For online participation, you can use the following link and passcode:
https://call.lifesizecloud.com/20743174
Passcode: 4369