Noah and Alyssa Have 130 Hours of College Credit Each

question 155

Multiple Choice

Noah and Alyssa have 130 hours of college credit each from Impressive University. Each has 30 hours of economics. Noah has a bachelor's degree, whereas Alyssa is three credits short of required history classes and therefore does not have a degree. Each of them has one year of experience as a market analyst for ABC Company. Assuming that the history class would not enhance Alyssa's job performance, if Noah earns a higher salary than Alyssa, the ABC Company may subscribe to the

• A)human-capital theory.
• B)discrimination theory.
• C)compensating differential theory.
• D)signaling theory.

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