Economists have been debating the skills vs signaling value of education, especially since Bryan Caplan released his book The Case Against Education. If you wan

Economists have been debating the skills vs signaling value of education, especially since Bryan Caplan released his book The Case Against Education. If you want to get a smattering of opinion on the issue the book's reviews and dicussionsn would be a good starting point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Case_Against_Education#Reviews https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Case_Against_Education#Rev... Bryan Caplan back and forth with Noah Smith on the book: https://www.econlib.org/archives/2015/04/educational_sig_1.html https://www.econlib.org/archives/2015/04/educational_sig_1.h... Bryan Caplan back and forth with Bill Dickens on the book: https://www.econlib.org/archives/2010/08/education_and_s.html https://www.econlib.org/archives/2010/08/education_and_s.htm...