Youths' career aspirations and socio-economic outcomes in childhood: a literature review
Scott Yates
WBL Discussion Paper 08-02
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This discussion paper reviews the literature around the impact of young people's career aspirations and educational expectations on their future socioeconomic attainment. It focuses particularly on the impact of uncertainty in aspirations and on misaligned ambitions and it reviews evidence arising from the UK and Europe.
