TY  - JOUR
AU  - Weiss,Andrew
TI  - Testing the Sorting Model of Education
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 1420
PY  - 1984
Y2  - August 1984
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w1420
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w1420.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Andrew Weiss
Weiss Asset Management
29 Commonwealth Avenue, 10th Floor
Boston, MA 02116
Tel: 617-778-7780
Fax: 617-778-7781
E-Mail: aweiss@weissasset.com
AB  - Proprietary data for production workeis is analyzed to determine which aspects of productivity are affected by secondary schooling. The measures of productivity explored are: propensity to quit and be absent, phisical oatput per hour, and ability to perform complex tasks. The data suggests that the sorting effect of education is an important determinant of earnings for semi-skilled production workers.
ER  -