기사
A model of mixed signals with applications to countersignalling /
- 개인저자
- Araujo, Aloisio ;, Gottlieb, Daniel ;, Moreira, Humberto;
- 수록페이지
- 1020-1043 p.
- 발행일자
- 2007.12.24
- 출판사
- Rand Corp.
초록
[영문]We develop a job-market signalling model where signals convey two pieces of information. This model is employed to study countersignalling (signals nonmonotonic in ability) and the GED exam. A result of the model is that countersignalling is more likely to occur in jobs that require a combination of skills that differs from the combination used in the schooling process. The model also produces testable implications consistent with evidence on the GED: (i) it signals both high cognitive and low noncognitive skills and (ii) it does not affect wages