Testing the Sorting Model of Education

Andrew Weiss

No 1420, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: 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.

Date: 1984-08
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Published as (Published as "A Sorting-Cum-Learning Model of Education"), JPE, Vol. 91,no. 3 (1983): 420-442.

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