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I doubt it, the correlation does not imply causation. My hunch is that the people graduating from college are the kind of people that would find it easier to fi
by il 15y ago
I doubt it, the correlation does not imply causation.
My hunch is that the people graduating from college are the kind of people that would find it easier to find a job anyway.
- InnocentB 15y agoThere was actually an interesting study about this which got mentioned recently on the Freakonomics podcast (you can see a transcription of the segment at http://freakonomicsradio.com/does-college-still-matter-and-other-freaky-questions-answered.html http://freakonomicsradio.com/does-college-still-matter-and-o..., the original study is at http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/tlemieux/papers/unintended.pdf http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/tlemieux/papers/unintended.pdf). Basically, it uses men who were eligible for the Vietnam draft (who enrolled in college in greater numbers than they otherwise would have, to avoid military service) to demonstrate that success from college graduates is more than a "these people are the ones who were already going to succeed" thing.
- il 15y agoThanks for the link, that is interesting. Of course, there were no startups willing to eschew traditional hiring practices back then.