Education and Incomes

Abstract

We observed earlier that the confusion of individuals and occupations in terms of market position is probably a consequence of the close relationship, in the public mind, between the nature of the demands of the job tasks in terms of the personal skills of incumbents and the possession of such skills as a consequence of training, among professionals and artisans. For those in other types of job, the popular conception is probably of a much looser relationship between education, as an indicator of general ability, and the demands of job tasks for that ability.