Frauke Peters
Biographic Data
| ID | 3714719 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frauke Peters |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frauke |
| FAMILY NAME | Peters |
| SIGNATURE | PETERS F |
| AFFILIATIONS | German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8010-7208 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Information intervention on long-term earnings prospects and the gender gap in major choice
This study investigates whether an intervention that provided high school seniors with information on costs and economic returns to tertiary education and on the long-term earnings prospects of college graduates from different study fields enhances the probability that male and female students opt for financially more rewarding study fields and for business-related or STEM fields with a lower share of women. It extends our understanding on the po…
Gender gaps in early wage expectations
Information Provision and Postgraduate Studies
This is the first paper to examine experimentally effects of information provision on beliefs about pecuniary and non‐pecuniary returns of postgraduate education, enrolment intentions and realized enrolment. We find that our treatment causally affects beliefs measured six months after treatment. The effects on beliefs differ by gender and academic background, and we find that stated enrolment intentions change accordingly; in particular, males ad…
Involuntary job loss and changes in personality traits
Involuntary job loss and changes in personality traits
Information Provision and Postgraduate Studies
This is the first paper to examine experimentally effects of information provision on beliefs about pecuniary and non‐pecuniary returns of postgraduate education, enrolment intentions and realized enrolment. We find that our treatment causally affects beliefs measured six months after treatment. The effects on beliefs differ by gender and academic background, and we find that stated enrolment intentions change accordingly; in particular, males ad…
Gender gaps in early wage expectations
Information intervention on long-term earnings prospects and the gender gap in major choice
This study investigates whether an intervention that provided high school seniors with information on costs and economic returns to tertiary education and on the long-term earnings prospects of college graduates from different study fields enhances the probability that male and female students opt for financially more rewarding study fields and for business-related or STEM fields with a lower share of women. It extends our understanding on the po…
Demographic economics (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Earnings (2 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Accounting (1 works) · Actuarial science (1 works) · Big Five personality traits (1 works) · Business (1 works)