. -- Signaling ; job markets ; education ; employer learning ; intuitive criterion …This paper extends the job market signaling model of Spence (1973) by allowing firms to learn the ability of their … separating level of education does not depend on the observability of workers' types. On the other hand, when workers are also …

This paper extends the job market signaling model of Spence (1973) by allowing firms to learn the ability of their … separating level of education does not depend on the observability of workers' types. On the other hand, when workers are also … uncertain about their productivity, the separating level of education is ambiguously related to the speed of employer learning …

signals that is concave, a feature that earlier studies used to dismiss educational signaling. Using a synthetic panel data … the literature by establishing the possibility of increasing returns to education over part of a workers life within the … signaling framework theoretically and empirically …

learning indicates a low value of job market signaling. The claim is first discussed intuitively in light of Spence's original … value of job market signaling …

The paper enriches a standard signaling model of education with issues of social distance defined over educational … growing average level of schooling. As education rises, signals get noisy and potentially harmful for what concerns firms … these dynamics are in line with recent trends and other stylized facts about education. …

We propose a signaling model of student enrollment dynamics based on probabilities of completion of studies, under …

Information plays a key role in markets with consumer choice. In education, data on schools is often gathered through …

The paper discusses the impact of ability grouping in secondary education on student incentives. Education provides a … signal on unobservable ability for employers and improves productivity after education. Selection sets better incentives in … primary education and allows for improved peer group effects in secondary education. In comprehensive schools qualification …