Job-Market signaling is ranked high among the explanations why individuals engage voluntarily in OSS projects. If true …, signaling implies the existence of a wage premium for OSS engagement. However, due to a lack of data this issue has not been … employees, this paper fills this gap. In the empirical analysis, however, we find no support for the signaling hypothesis, a …

signaling value of education accompanied by more overeducation particularly among upperclass offspring. We identify five …