Bryan Caplan: I think the main thing that we can do is, first of all, look at attendance in college. Well the students who are there, if you just go and look at their faces, I mean they generally seem painfully bored.
Is this book a case to people ought not to go to college? Bryan Caplan: No. It is true that people who finish college, get a good deal. People who dropout on the other hand, it's much less clear that's it's worth their while. But the main thing that I talk about in the book, is that it's not really a good investment from a social point of view, because the main reason why people get this big wage premium, isn't primarily that they are actually learning a lot of useful skills in school.
The main reason I say is that they are showing off. They're jumping through hoops, they're impressing employers. Selfishly speaking, it doesn't really matter why your degree pays, but from the point of view of taxpayers, it matters a lot whether people are actually learning useful skills in school, or whether they're mostly just getting a bunch of stickers on their forehead.
Barro: What if we think about education as a consumption good? People enjoy going to college. And then there's also a sense that it's, you know, college isn't purely a job training tool.
That it helps develop people as humans. Isn't it plausible that's a reason that people care about going. Caplan: I think the main thing that we can do is, first of all, look at attendance in college. Well, the students who are there, if you just go and look at their faces, I mean, they generally seem painfully bored. If the consumption is just socializing with other kids your own age then, maybe that's what people really value.
Although, that could happen in so many other ways than in college. Barro: Let's break this down, this idea, the distinction between the value to the individual, or the degree and the broader social value. You talk a lot about this concept called signaling.
Can you explain what that is? Caplan: When you go to school, you're showing off. You may also be picking up useful skills, but one of the things you do is you just look better than other people.
You say, "Look, look at me, I'm able to get this degree from Harvard. So, let's say, at minimum, they're a lot less likely to throw your application in the trash. If everyone had one more degree, then you would need one more degree to get those doors open. FREE newsletter. Telling the truth about SME life today.
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