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Title: Using Employer Hiring Behaviour to Test the Educational Signalling Hypothesis

Author(s): James Albrecht and Jan C. van Ours

Publication Date: September 2001

Keyword(s): recruitment and signalling

Programme Area(s): Labour Economics

Abstract: This Paper presents a test of the educational signalling hypothesis. If employers use education as a signal in the hiring process, they will rely more on education when less is otherwise known about applicants. We find that employers are more likely to lower educational standards when an informal, more informative recruitment channel is used, so we conclude that education is used as a signal in the hiring process.

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Albrecht, J and van Ours, J. 2001. 'Using Employer Hiring Behaviour to Test the Educational Signalling Hypothesis'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=2968