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Download full textAltonji, Joseph G.; Pierret, Charles R. – 1997
A statistical analysis was performed to test the hypothesis that, if profit-maximizing firms have limited information about the general productivity of new workers, they may choose to use easily observable characteristics such as years of education to discriminate statistically among workers. Information about employer learning was obtained by…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Employer Attitudes, Employment Practices, Information Utilization
