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A Correlational Study Examining The Relationship Between State Fiscal Effort And High School Graduation Rates, Kelli Marie Cedo
A Correlational Study Examining The Relationship Between State Fiscal Effort And High School Graduation Rates, Kelli Marie Cedo
Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Theses & Dissertations
One way of analyzing United States investment in human capital is through examination of the nation's high school graduation rates. High school graduation has an impact on society's growth and prosperity. This study examined states fiscal effort toward education and its impact on state high school graduation rate. Utilizing a qualitative design state fiscal effort and state high school graduation rate were examined over a 25 year period from 1986-2010. Multiple regression analysis and repeated measures ANOVA was used to determine if sustained fiscal effort had an interaction with state high school graduation rate over time. This study revealed that …
Human Capital Index Series, Vicente German-Soto
Human Capital Index Series, Vicente German-Soto
Vicente German-Soto
Database of Human Capital index for the Mexican States, 1960-2008.
Job Market Signaling With Human Capital Investment, Gea Myoung Lee, Seung Han Yoo
Job Market Signaling With Human Capital Investment, Gea Myoung Lee, Seung Han Yoo
Research Collection School Of Economics
In this paper, we consider the social value of signaling by recasting the Spence's (1973) signaling model in a causal relationship: human capital investment is necessary to reduce the marginal cost of signaling. Our model contains distinct features: (i) the choice of signaling a§ects the level of human capital investment and (ii) the proportion of high and low type in the entire workers is endogenously determined. From the perspective of welfare, we compare two contrasting forms of signaling, separating and pooling, and Önd that the choice of a proper form of signaling is dependent on how each signaling induces the …