Sorting on the labour market: A literature overview and theoretical framework

Arbeitspapier

In the literature there are basically two main approaches that explain the positive link between the level of education and wages: the human-capital theory and the signalling/screening (collectively known as sorting) theory. We highlight the similarity and differences between these theories and present a general theoretical model of screening with productivity-enhancing effects of education from which we derive four empirically testable hypothesis.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-3-937804-29-3
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Weidener Diskussionspapiere ; No. 27

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
• Subject: human-capital theory ; signalling ; screening

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hornig, Stephan O. ; Rottmann, Horst ; Wapler, Rüdiger
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Amberg-Weiden (HAW)
• (where): Weiden i.d.OPf.
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/56453
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET