18
NOV
2025
14:15
- 15:45
IWH Research Seminar
Labor Market Effects of Grade Inflation
Wer
Martin Abel
(Bowdoin College)
Wo
IWH, conference room and via Zoom
We study how grading regimes shape employers’ interpretation of academic credentials. We first randomly assign math test takers to receive inflated, compressed, or standard grading distributions while holding underlying test performance constant.
