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The Screening Hypothesis and the Returns to Education

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  1. Feng, Andy & Graetz, Georg, 2017. "A question of degree: The effects of degree class on labor market outcomes," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 140-161.
  2. Waldman, Michael, 2016. "The dual avenues of labor market signaling," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 41(C), pages 120-134.
  3. Savanti, Maria Paula & Patrinos, Harry Anthony, 2005. "Rising returns to schooling in Argentina, 1992-2002 : productivity or credentialism?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3714, The World Bank.
  4. Kenneth Wolpin, 1975. "Education and Screening," NBER Working Papers 0102, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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  7. Jungbauer, Thomas & Waldman, Michael, 2025. "Actions and signals," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 230(C).
  8. Harry Anthony Patrinos & Maria Paula Savanti, 2014. "The Screening Hypothesis and the Returns to Schooling in Argentina," Research in Applied Economics, Macrothink Institute, vol. 6(3), pages 28-42, September.
  9. Egon Franck & Christian Opitz, 2001. "Zur Funktion von Studiengebühren angesichts von Informationsasymmetrien auf Humankapitalmärkten," Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research, Springer, vol. 53(2), pages 91-106, March.
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  11. Miller, Paul W. & Mulvey, Charles & Martin, Nick, 2004. "A test of the sorting model of education in Australia," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 23(5), pages 473-482, October.
  12. Arnaud Chevalier & Colm Harmon & Ian Walker & Yu Zhu, 2004. "Does Education Raise Productivity, or Just Reflect it?," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 114(499), pages 499-517, November.
  13. Soumyanetra Munshi, 2017. "¡®Arranged¡¯ Marriage, Education, and Dowry: A Contract-theoretic Perspective," Journal of Economic Development, Chung-Ang Unviersity, Department of Economics, vol. 42(1), pages 35-71, March.
  14. Patrinos, Harry & Montenegro, Claudio, 2022. "Returns to Education in the Public and Private Sectors: Europe and Central Asia," MPRA Paper 114206, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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  16. Nick Huntington-Klein, 2021. "Human capital versus signaling is empirically unresolvable," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 60(5), pages 2499-2531, May.
  17. Paco Martorell & Damon Clark, 2010. "The Signaling Value of a High School Diploma," Working Papers 1248, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section..
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  19. Nicolas Hérault & Rezida Zakirova, 2011. "Sheepskin Effects in the Returns to Education: Accounting for Enrolment and Completion Effects," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2011n04, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.
  20. Melissa Clark & David Jaeger, 2006. "Natives, the foreign-born and high school equivalents: new evidence on the returns to the GED," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 19(4), pages 769-793, October.
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  22. Munich, Daniel & Svejnar, Jan & Terrell, Katherine, 2005. "Is women's human capital valued more by markets than by planners?," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 33(2), pages 278-299, June.
  23. Soumyanetra Munshi, 2014. "'Arranged' Marriage, Education, and Dowry: A Contract-Theoretic Perspective," Working Papers id:5696, eSocialSciences.
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  25. Andrey Aistov, 2012. "Is Education a Signal on the Russian Labour Market?," HSE Working papers WP BRP 05/EDU/2012, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
  26. Arabsheibani, G. Reza & Rees, Hedley, 1998. "On the Weak vs Strong Version of the Screening Hypothesis: A Re-Examination of the P-Test for the U.K," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 17(2), pages 189-192, April.
  27. Jorge Augusto Paz, 2005. "Educación y mercado laboral. Revisión de la literatura y algunos hechos para la Argentina," CEMA Working Papers: Serie Documentos de Trabajo. 311, Universidad del CEMA.
  28. Svejnar, Jan & Münich, Daniel & Terrell, Katherine, 2004. "Do Markets Favour Women's Human Capital More Than Planners?," CEPR Discussion Papers 4760, Centre for Economic Policy Research.
  29. Mohitosh Kejriwal & Xiaoxiao Li & Evan Totty, 2020. "Multidimensional skills and the returns to schooling: Evidence from an interactive fixed‐effects approach and a linked survey‐administrative data set," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 35(5), pages 548-566, August.
  30. Mohitosh Kejriwal & Xiaoxiao Li & Evan Totty, 2019. "Multidemsional Skills and Returns to Schooling: Evidence from an Interactive Fixed Effects Aproach and a Linked Survey-Administrative Dataset," Purdue University Economics Working Papers 1316, Purdue University, Department of Economics.
  31. Melissa A. Clark & David Jaeger, 2002. "Natives, the Foreign-Born and High School Equivalents: New Evidence on the Returns to the GED," Working Papers 841, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section..
  32. Muhammed Refeque & P. Azad, 2022. "How do linguistic and technical skills affect earnings in India?," Indian Economic Review, Springer, vol. 57(1), pages 23-57, June.
  33. Béatrice le Rhun & Olivier Monso, 2015. "De l'utilité d'obtenir son diplôme pour s'insérer : l'exemple des brevets de technicien supérieur," Économie et Statistique, Programme National Persée, vol. 478(1), pages 35-56.
  34. Erica Delugas & Francesco Giffoni & Emanuela Sirtori & Johannes Gutleber, 2025. "The Human Capital Accumulation at Research Infrastructures: Reexamining Wage Returns to Training, Models, Interpretation, and Magnitude," Papers 2502.07419, arXiv.org.
  35. Habermalz, Steffen, 2003. "Job Matching and the Returns to Educational Signals," IZA Discussion Papers 726, IZA Network @ LISER.
  36. G. Reza Arabsheibani & Lamine Manfor, 2001. "Non-Linearities in Returns to Education in Libya," Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(2), pages 139-144.
  37. Diego Andrés Romero Viuche, 2025. "Impacto del programa Ser Pilo Paga en el acceso a la educación superior de los jóvenes rurales [Impact of the Ser Pilo Paga Program on Access to Higher Education for Rural Youth]," Documentos CEDE 2025-29, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
  38. Jing Wang & Qian Gao & Rui Zhang, 2025. "Gig economy and its impact on individual employment: an empirical analysis," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 12(1), pages 1-14, December.
  39. Steffen Habermalz, 2006. "More Detail on the Pattern of Returns to Educational Signals," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 73(1), pages 125-135, July.
  40. Paco Martorell & Damon Clark, 2010. "The Signaling Value of a High School Diploma," Working Papers 1248, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section..
  41. Maciej Lis, 2017. "Productivity based selection to retirement: Evidence from EU-SILC," IBS Working Papers 02/2017, Instytut Badan Strukturalnych.
  42. Nicolas H�rault & Rezida Zakirova, 2015. "Returns to education: accounting for enrolment and completion effects," Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(1), pages 84-100, February.
  43. Georg Graetz, 2017. "Human Capital, Signaling, and Employer Learning. What Ingsights Do We Gain from Regression Discontinuity Designs," CESifo Working Paper Series 6757, CESifo.
  44. Anais Galdin & Jesse Silbert, 2025. "Making Talk Cheap: Generative AI and Labor Market Signaling," Papers 2511.08785, arXiv.org.
  45. Salas Isolda, 2024. "Efecto “Sheepskin” en la Educación - Evidencia Empírica de señalización en los distintos sectores del mercado laboral argentino," Asociación Argentina de Economía Política: Working Papers 4763, Asociación Argentina de Economía Política.
  46. D’Agostino, TJ & Liu, Cheng & Soares, Fernanda & Conaghan, Brianna & Brunette, Tracy & Nakamura, Pooja Reddy & Donovan, Ciara & Pentimonti, Jill, 2025. "Seeing emerging comprehenders: Refining reading comprehension assessment in international contexts," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 117(C).
  47. Mulholland, Sean E. & Tomic, Aleksandar (Sasha) & Sholander, Samuel N., 2014. "The faculty Flutie factor: Does football performance affect a university's US News and World Report peer assessment score?," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 43(C), pages 79-90.
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  49. Stephen Machin, 2008. "The new economics of education: methods, evidence and policy," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 21(1), pages 1-19, January.
  50. Stefanos Chanis & Constantinos Tsamadias, 2022. "Human Capital Theory vs. Screening Hypothesis: Evidence from the Greek Health Sector," SPOUDAI Journal of Economics and Business, SPOUDAI Journal of Economics and Business, University of Piraeus, vol. 72(3-4), pages 78-90, July-Dece.
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