The Impact of Higher Education on Employer Perceptions
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Keywords
Returns to education; beliefs; labor demand; labor productivity; signaling; wages;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
- I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
- J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LMA-2025-02-24 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-NEU-2025-02-24 (Neuroeconomics)
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