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Kim, Soobin; Klager, Christopher; Schneider, Barbara – Journal of Higher Education, 2019
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth of 1979, this article examines the relationship between adolescents' educational and occupational expectations, and how they correspond to their subsequent labor market outcomes in adulthood. We show that over-aligned adolescents, those who expect to obtain more education than is necessary…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, National Surveys, Academic Aspiration, Occupational Aspiration