Does Expert Advice Improve Educational Choice?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Borghans, Lex ^a   Golsteyn, Bart H H ^a,b   Stenberg, Anders ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE; COUNSELING; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; VALIDITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; UNIVERSITY; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARENTS; SCHOOLS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSITIES; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 84956944226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145378     Document Type: Article

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