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Education and Jobs: The Great Training Robbery (Foundations of Sociology)
by Berg, Ivar E
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0971242755
- ISBN 13
- 9780971242753
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About This Item
Clinton Corners, NY, U.S.A.: Percheron Press, 2003. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. First published in 1970, this is a classic study of the relations of education to employment and a critique of human capital theory; it documents an inflation in educational credentials that has no relation to many jobs requiring diplomas and degrees and no positive effect on productivity; includes a new introduction by Berg and foreword by Eli Ginzberg (green cover with yellow & white lettering, slight edgewear; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)
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- Bookseller
- House of Our Own Books (US)
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- Title
- Education and Jobs: The Great Training Robbery (Foundations of Sociology)
- Author
- Berg, Ivar E
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0971242755
- ISBN 13
- 9780971242753
- Publisher
- Percheron Press
- Place of Publication
- Clinton Corners, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2003
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