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dc.contributor.authorSchwager, Roberten
dc.date.accessioned2009-02-16T15:12:08Z-
dc.date.available2009-02-16T15:12:08Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/24766-
dc.description.abstractA model is presented where workers of differing abilities and from differentsocial backgrounds are assigned to jobs based on grades received at school. It is examined how this matching is affected if good grades are granted to some low ability students. Such grade inflation is shown to reduce the aggregate wage of the lower class workers because employers use social origin as a signal for productivity if grades are less than fully informative. Moreover, the high-ability students from the higher class may benefit from grade inflation since this shields them from the competition on the part of able students from the lower classes.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aZentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) |cMannheimen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aZEW Discussion Papers |x08-070en
dc.subject.jelI21en
dc.subject.jelJ24en
dc.subject.jelC78en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordeducationen
dc.subject.keywordgradingen
dc.subject.keywordstandardsen
dc.subject.keywordassignmenten
dc.subject.keywordsocial mobilityen
dc.subject.keywordgradingen
dc.subject.keywordstandardsen
dc.subject.keywordassignmenten
dc.subject.keywordsocial mobilityen
dc.subject.stwBildungsabschlussen
dc.subject.stwInformationswerten
dc.subject.stwSignallingen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsnachfrageen
dc.subject.stwQualifikationen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsangeboten
dc.subject.stwMatchingen
dc.subject.stwLohnstrukturen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Schichten
dc.subject.stwSoziale Mobilitäten
dc.subject.stwBildungspolitiken
dc.subject.stwSpieltheorieen
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.titleGrade Inflation, Social Background, and Labour Market Matching-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn577908278en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:zewdip:7393en

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