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Jessica Blom-Hoffman

"My educational experience at Lehigh shaped my career and research interests profoundly. I was afforded excellent opportunities to work with some of the best faculty members in the country in school psychology. "

—Jessica Blom-Hoffman, Ph.D.
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Michael Russell
Comparative and International Education

Student Research

A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE ON SIGNALING AND STUDENTS: THE INCENTIVES STUDENTS FACE AND THEIR EFFECTS

Under a human capital framework, an increase in educational investment leads to an increase in aggregate levels of human capital.  This model assumes that the market will always reward increased productivity.  However, there are market failures caused by lack of perfect information.  Asymmetrical information leads employers to practice sorting and prospective employees to use education to signal abilities.  The research represented on this poster uses a signaling framework is also used to explain low student achievement and different educational practices in The United States and East Asia, specifically Japan and Korea.

To learn more, please contact Tamara Palmer at tlp205@lehigh.edu or 610.758.3226.




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