Grade Inflation, Social Background, and Labour Market Matching
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Keywords
education; grading; standards; assignment; social mobility; grading; standards; assignment; social mobility;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- C78 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2008-11-11 (Education)
- NEP-HRM-2008-11-11 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LAB-2008-11-11 (Labour Economics)
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