A Procedure for Testing the Signalling Hypothesis

This paper develops a procedure for testing the signaling hypothesis as advanced by Spence, et. al. The approach used is to examine directly the question of whether employers use education for purely informational purposes in their hiring decisions. An application of the method to a recruitment by the Swedish auto manufacturer Volvo is presented.

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Year of publication:	1980-07
Authors:	Albrecht, James W.
Institutions:	Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)
Subject:	Employers \| Education \| Recruitment \| Manufacturing

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Paper Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series Working Paper Series Number 29 19 pages
Classification:	E24 - Employment; Unemployment; Wages ; I20 - Education. General ; L60 - Industry Studies: Manufacturing. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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