09:30 - 11:00
Thu-PS1
Chair/s:
Sven Arne Simon
Room: Floor 3, IAPMEI
Divya Tripathi - Micro-Foundations for Sustainable Development
Stefania Bortolotti - Measuring the effects of a peer-to-peer mentoring program on university choices and performance
Raisa Sherif - Wins and Losses in collective actions
Sven Arne Simon - Trading-off efficient and visible pro-environmental actions
Measuring the effects of a peer-to-peer mentoring program on university choices and performance
Stefania Bortolotti, Annalisa Loviglio
University of Bologna
Enrollment decisions play a major role in shaping future labor market and life outcomes. We run an RCT aimed at providing a mentor to high school students in the process of enrolling in a STEM course in an Italian University. Treated high school students (mentees) are matched with bachelor or master students (mentors) enrolled in a programme degree of interest to the mentee. Mentors meet their mentees online, share their experience and help them navigate the enrollment process. We report results on the impact of the intervention on enrollment decisions, as well as on subjective beliefs about performance, social life, enjoyment of the subjects, and future earnings.