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Education, Employment Status and Earnings: A Comparative Test of the Strong Screening Hypothesis
Author(s) -
Brown Sarah,
Sessions John
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
scottish journal of political economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1467-9485
pISSN - 0036-9292
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9485.00113
Subject(s) - earnings , economics , selection (genetic algorithm) , test (biology) , econometrics , screening test , accounting , computer science , biology , medicine , machine learning , paleontology , family medicine
We apply the comparative technique originated by Wolpin (1977) to discriminate between the ‘weak’ and ‘strong’ screening hypothesises. Controlling for self‐selection, we find evidence for weak but not strong screening.