Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20654 
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Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 683
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper investigates whether education is used as a signaling device for worker productivity in developing countries. To do such we employ a simple test of employer learning on Ghana manufacturing data. We find no evidence of educational signaling for individuals who were hired through direct contacts in the firm, and thus for workers for which employers arguably have more information about their true abilities. In contrast, education acts as signal for workers who were hired through more formal channels, although only for those that do not receive on-the-job-training.
Subjects: 
educational sorting
on-the-job-training
Ghana
JEL: 
J30
O12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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