Webbink, D. and Hartog, J. (2004). Can students predict starting salaries? Yes! Economics of Education Review, 23(2):103--113.
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Publication year2004
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JournalEconomics of Education Review
We use Dutch panel data in which students have been asked to state their expected starting salary and confront these with realisations four years later. Both level and structure of expectations and realisations are remarkably close: we barely find systematic under- or overestimation effects.