Estimating the Labor Market Signaling Value of the GED
- 1 May 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Quarterly Journal of Economics
- Vol. 115 (2) , 431-468
- https://doi.org/10.1162/003355300554818
Abstract
This paper tests the labor market signaling hypothesis for the General Educational Development (GED) equivalency credential. Using a unique data setKeywords
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