Martin McGuigan|Sandra McNally|Gill Wyness
Student Awareness of Costs and Benefits of Educational Decisions: Effects of an Information Campaign
London School of Economics and Political Science|University of Surrey|London School of Economics and Political Science|University College London|London School of Economics and Political Science
many students appear leave fulltime education soon despite possibility high returns investment education one contributory factor may insufficient information potential consequences choices investigate students receptiveness information campaign costs benefits pursuing postcompulsory education results show students higher expected net benefits accessing information likely avail opportunity presented experiment intention stay post16 education strongly affected experiment though intention apply university effects heterogeneous family background gender