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Education signaling with uncertain returns

Regev, Tali - In: The B.E. journal of theoretical economics 12 (2012) 1, pp. 1-29

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Modeling the Signaling Value of the GED With an Application to an Exogenous Passing Standard Increase in Texas

Lofstrom, Magnus; Tyler, John H. - 2021

In this paper we develop a simple model of the signaling value of the GED credential. The model illustrates necessary … of the signaling value of the GED for marginal passers. We apply the model to the national 1997 passing standard increase … demographic and GED test score information from the Texas Education Agency linked to pre- and post-test taking Unemployment …

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A Case for Taxing Education

Blumkin, Tomer; Sadka, Efraim - 2021

We illustrate a novel informational feature of education, which the government may utilize. Discretionary decisions of individuals to acquire education may serve as an additional signal (to earned labor income) on the underlying unobserved innate earning ability, thereby mitigating the...

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