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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2000
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 160
Verlag: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Zusammenfassung: 
This paper utilizes the self-employed to analyze the observed increase in the educational earnings premium in the 1980?s. The paper compares the predictions of the signaling and human capital models in response to an exogenous demand shock such as a skill-biased technological change. Since the self-employed have no incentive to invest in a costly signal to show to employers their productivity, a change in the schooling equilibrium should not affect their earnings. Four testable hypotheses are derived. The findings suggest that the signaling model may indeed predict the observed changes in the schooling premium that are not consistent with the predictions of the human capital model.
Schlagwörter: 
Earnings inequality
signaling
human capital model
schooling premium
returns to education
JEL: 
J31
D31
J23
J24
Dokumentart: 
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