TY  - JOUR
AU  - Oreopoulos,Philip
AU  - Dunn,Ryan
TI  - Information and College Access: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 18551
PY  - 2012
Y2  - November 2012
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w18551
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w18551.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Philip Oreopoulos
Department of Economics
University of Toronto
150 St. George Street
Toronto, ON  M5S 3G7
Canada
E-Mail: philip.oreopoulos@utoronto.ca

Ryan Dunn
20 Maud St. suite 207
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5V2M5
E-Mail: rdunn@higheredstrategy.com
AB  - High school students from disadvantaged high schools in Toronto were invited to take two surveys, about three weeks apart. Half of the students taking the first survey were also shown a 3 minute video about the benefits of post secondary education (PSE) and invited to try out a financial-aid calculator.  Most students' perceived returns to PSE were high, even among those not expecting to continue.  Those exposed to the video, especially those initially unsure about their own educational attainment, reported significantly higher expected returns, lower concerns about costs, and expressed greater likelihood of PSE attainment.
ER  -