How Performance Information Affects Human-Capital Investment Decisions: The Impact of Test-Score Labels on Educational Outcomes
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JEL classification:
- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
- 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
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2011-07-02 (Education)
- NEP-HRM-2011-07-02 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LAB-2011-07-02 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-URE-2011-07-02 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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