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The Importance of Signalling in Job Placement and Promotion

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  • Heisz, Andrew Oreopoulos, Philip

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In a setting where training or promotion opportunity depend on expected initial ability, the effects of signalling initial skills on wages may last well beyond the period when knowledge of a workers' skill set is fully known. This paper proposes extending recent tests for signalling to better accommodate training differences by using firm-level characteristics and applying these tests to a large sample of MBA and law graduates from different ranked schools.

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Paper provided by Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch in its series Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series with number 2006236e.

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Date of creation: 05 Jan 2006
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Handle: RePEc:stc:stcp3e:2006236e

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Keywords: Labour; Education; training and learning; Job training and educational attainment; Work transitions and life stages; Workplace organization; innovation; performance; Adult education and training;

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  1. Brad J. Hershbein, 2013. "Worker Signals among New College Graduates: The Role of Selectivity and GPA," Upjohn Working Papers and Journal Articles 13-190, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

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