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Employer Learning and the Signaling Value of Education. National Longitudinal Surveys Discussion Paper.
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Altonji, Joseph G.; Pierret, Charles R. – 1997
A statistical analysis was performed to test the hypothesis that, if profit-maximizing firms have limited information about the general productivity of new workers, they may choose to use easily observable characteristics such as years of education to discriminate statistically among workers. Information about employer learning was obtained by…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Employer Attitudes, Employment Practices, Information Utilization
Employer Learning and Statistical Discrimination. National Longitudinal Surveys Discussion Paper.
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Altonji, Joseph G.; Pierret, Charles R. – 1997
The relationship between employer learning and statistical discrimination was explored through a statistical analysis that included a test for statistical discrimination or "rational" stereotyping in environments where agents learn over time. The test is used to study the working hypothesis that, because firms have only limited…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employment Practices, Information Utilization, Models