Testing the Sorting Model of Education

Proprietary data for production workeis is analyzed to determine which aspects of productivity are affected by secondary schooling. The measures of productivity explored are: propensity to quit and be absent, phisical oatput per hour, and ability to perform complex tasks. The data suggests that the sorting effect of education is an important determinant of earnings for semi-skilled production workers.

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Year of publication:	1984-08
Authors:	Weiss, Andrew
Institutions:	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	NBER Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	LS published as (Published as "A Sorting-Cum-Learning Model of Education"), JPE, Vol. 91,no. 3 (1983): 420-442. Number 1420
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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