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Testing the Sorting Model of Education / Andrew Weiss.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weiss, Andrew.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w1420.
- NBER working paper series no. w1420
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Labor productivity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1984.
- Cambridge : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1984.
- Summary:
- Proprietary data for production workeis is analyzed to determine which aspects of productivity are affected by secondary schooling. The measures of productivity explored are: propensity to quit and be absent, phisical oatput per hour, and ability to perform complex tasks. The data suggests that the sorting effect of education is an important determinant of earnings for semi-skilled production workers.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- August 1984.
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