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Human Capital vs. Signalling Explanations of Wages

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Weiss, Andrew·1995·Journal of Economic Perspectives
DOI 10.1257/jep.9.4.133
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The key difference between signalling and human capital models is that signalling models allow firms to draw inferences about unobserved characteristics of workers. Those inferences can be based on the schooling or work experience of workers, or on direct measures of some aspects of job performance. Many recent empirical findings can be better explained by signalling models than by human capital theory. Given the explanatory power of signalling models, standard estimates of the social return to secondary schooling are in large part capturing differences in affective traits, such as perseverance, which were acquired either in primary school or at home.

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Authors
Weiss, A.
Venue
Journal of Economic Perspectives
Publisher
American Economic Association
Published
1995-11-01
Volume
9
Issue
4
Pages
133-154
ISSN
0895-3309 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1257/jep.9.4.133
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W2087457888
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770
References
62
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journal article
Language
en
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