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An Empirical Test of Alternative Theories of Educational Inequality
Joint Authors
Kim, ChangHwan
Woo, Hyeyoung
Sakamoto, Arthur
Source
Education Research International
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-11-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A classic issue in education centers on the nature of the relationship between schooling and labor market outcomes.
Three general theories of this relationship are the human capital view, the market signal view, and the credentialist view.
All three approaches predict a positive association between education and wages, but they differ in regard to its underlying causes.
We argue that these theories may be fundamentally differentiated in terms of their implications for productivity, and we provide some relevant findings using productivity data for US manufacturing industries from 1976 to 1996.
The results most strongly support the market signal view which emphasizes the association between productivity and relative educational attainment due to the role of the latter in certifying more reliable and trainable workers.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sakamoto, Arthur& Kim, ChangHwan& Woo, Hyeyoung. 2012. An Empirical Test of Alternative Theories of Educational Inequality. Education Research International،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-492307
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sakamoto, Arthur…[et al.]. An Empirical Test of Alternative Theories of Educational Inequality. Education Research International No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-492307
American Medical Association (AMA)
Sakamoto, Arthur& Kim, ChangHwan& Woo, Hyeyoung. An Empirical Test of Alternative Theories of Educational Inequality. Education Research International. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-492307
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-492307