Student Awareness of Costs and Benefits of Educational Decisions: Effects of an Information Campaign and Media Exposure

Arbeitspapier

University fees have recently trebled in England, prompting fears that young people may be put off from participating in higher education. We investigate students' knowledge and their receptiveness to information campaigns about the costs and benefits of staying on in education. We compare the effects of a specially designed information campaign to the effects of media exposure about the increase in tuition fees. The latter has a stronger effect on relevant outcomes. However, we find that an inexpensive information campaign can be effective in improving information and reducing perceived financial barriers to university participation, especially for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 8596

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: tuition fees ; information campaign ; educational decisions

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): McGuigan, Martin ; McNally, Sandra ; Wyness, Gill
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2014

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/106531
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET