The Sheepskin Effect
Bryan discusses the sheepskin effect and presents arguments that challenge the human capital model, highlighting the strange reaction of students when a professor cancels class. He explores the idea that students are happy because the signaling model suggests that employers will never know about the missed class, and the material learned may not be relevant in the future.In this clip
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Bryan Caplan on College, Signaling and Human Capital
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