Published In
Education Research International
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2012
Subjects
Educational equalization -- Tests, Educational attainment -- Socioeconomic aspects, Educational sociology -- Theories, etc. -- Analysis
Abstract
A classic issue in education centers on the nature of the relationship between schooling and labor market outcomes. Three general theories of this relationship are the human capital view, the market signal view, and the credentialist view. All three approaches predict a positive association between education and wages, but they differ in regard to its underlying causes. We argue that these theories may be fundamentally differentiated in terms of their implications for productivity, and we provide some relevant findings using productivity data for US manufacturing industries from 1976 to 1996. The results most strongly support the market signal view which emphasizes the association between productivity and relative educational attainment due to the role of the latter in certifying more reliable and trainable workers.
DOI
10.1155/2012/708989
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/15273
Citation Details
Sakamoto, Arthur, ChangHwan Kim, and Hyeyoung Woo. "An empirical test of alternative theories of educational inequality." Education Research International 2012 (2012).
Description
This is the published version which originally appeared in Education Research International by Hindawi Publishing Corporation in 2012. May be found at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/edri/.
Copyright © 2012 Arthur Sakamoto et al.