Imperfect Signals
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Keywords
human capital; signalling; employer learning; returns to schooling;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LMA-2023-06-26 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-LTV-2023-06-26 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
- NEP-URE-2023-06-26 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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