Using Employer Hiring Behavior to Test the Educational Signaling Hypothesis

James Albrecht and Jan van Ours

No 399, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper presents a test of the educational signaling hypothesis. If employers use education as a signal in the hiring process, they will rely more on education when less is otherwise known about applicants. We find that employers are more likely to lower educational standards when an informal, more informative recruitment channel is used, so we conclude that education is used as a signal in the hiring process.

Keywords: Recruitment; signaling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2001-11
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Published - published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2006, 108 (3), 361-372

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Journal Article: Using Employer Hiring Behavior to Test the Educational Signaling Hypothesis* (2006)
Working Paper: Using Employer Hiring Behaviour to Test the Educational Signalling Hypothesis (2001)
Working Paper: Using Employer Hiring Behavior to Test the Educational Signaling Hypothesis (2001)
Working Paper: Using Employer Hiring Behavior to Test the Educational Signaling Hypothesis (2001)
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