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The Value of Postsecondary Credentials in the Labor Market: An Experimental Study / David J. Deming, Noam Yuchtman, Amira Abulafi, Claudia Goldin, Lawrence F. Katz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Deming, David J.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w20528.
- NBER working paper series no. w20528
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- Value of Postsecondary Credentials in the Labor Market
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2014.
- Summary:
- We study employers' perceptions of the value of postsecondary degrees using a field experiment. We randomly assign the sector and selectivity of institutions to fictitious resumes and apply to real vacancy postings for business and health jobs on a large online job board. We find that a business bachelor's degree from a for-profit "online" institution is 22 percent less likely to receive a callback than one from a non-selective public institution. In applications to health jobs, we find that for-profit credentials receive fewer callbacks unless the job requires an external quality indicator such as an occupational license.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- September 2014.
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