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Title: An Analysis of the Relationship Among Ability Measures, Education and Earnings
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1. Hills, S. J.
An Analysis of the Relationship Among Ability Measures, Education and Earnings
M.A. Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School - Monterey CA, 1987.
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Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning
Keyword(s): Aptitude; Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB); Education; Educational Returns; Occupations; Tests and Testing

This thesis analyzes the interrelationship of measures of ability and education on earnings differentials by using a standard human capital earnings function. The data used are from the 1983 and 1984 panels of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth aged 14 to 21 in 1979. The Armed Forces Qualifying Test (AFQT) and coding speed (a subtest of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) Form 8A) were examined and compared for their relative utilities in measuring ability. The results showed that both AFQT and coding speed performed as measures of ability by refining the estimates returns to education. Their relative utilities varied according to an individual's occupation and level of education. [NTIS AD-A189-1746-XAB]
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Hills, S. J. An Analysis of the Relationship Among Ability Measures, Education and Earnings. M.A. Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School - Monterey CA, 1987..