The big sort: College reputation and labor market outcomes
The big sort: College reputation and labor market outcomes
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American Economic Association
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English
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We explore how college reputation affects the "big sort," the process by which students choose colleges and find their first jobs. We incorporate a simple definition of college reputation—graduates' mean admission scores—into a competitive labor market model. This generates a clear prediction: if employers use reputation to set wages, then the intr...
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The big sort: College reputation and labor market outcomes
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1914152358
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1914152358
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1945-7790,1945-7782
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1945-7790
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10.1257/app.20160126
