TY - BOOK AU - Wolff,Edward N. AU - Hay,Joel ED - National Bureau of Economic Research. TI - Educational Screening and Occupational Earnings T2 - NBER working paper series PY - 1977/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - National Bureau of Economic Research N1 - April 1977; Hardcopy version available to institutional subscribers N2 - The educational screening hypothesis states that beyond a certain point schooling functions as a signaling device to identify pre-existing talents. We test for the presence of screening by comparing the schooling and earnings of self-employed workers and of those employed by others in a sample set of occupations. We expect those employed by others to pursue additional schooling to signal prospective employers. We expect self-employed managers to acquire no additional schooling for signaling purposes. We expect other self-employed workers to obtain additional schooling to signal potential customers. Our empirical results, based on 1970 Census data, strongly support the case for screening. However, the relative magnitude of the screening portion of schooling is relatively modest, lying between approximately 5 and 10 percent UR - https://www.nber.org/papers/w0174 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w0174 ER -