Multiple Choice
When employers sort employment applications into high-ability and low-ability people based on the attainment of a college degree (irrespective of major) ,they are providing evidence in support of the
A) human-capital theory of education.
B) signaling theory of education.
C) principle that education reduces marginal productivity.
D) principle that most business owners are more interested in discriminating against a particular group than in maximizing profits.
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