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Kári Kristinsson, Tinna Dahl Christiansen og Friðrik Eysteinsson
to offer him a job interview and hire him.
The grade point average though did not
affect the first wage offer.
The survey was web-based. It is there-
fore possible that situational factors or
biases affected the results. A second limi-
tation was that the participants were only
asked to evaluate one applicant instead of
comparing applicants like they are used to.
External validity may therefore have been
compromised. The current research only
dealt with a graduate from the schools of
business at either the University of Iceland
or Reykjavik University. It would therefore
be interesting to examine other schools or
fields of study in future research. Lastly it
would be interesting to examine how high
a grade point average needs to be to affect
the evaluation of applicants.
The research results indicate that stu-
dents who graduate from public schools
are in no way worse off than students who
graduate from private schools when it
comes to the labor market. They are nei-
ther evaluated as less competent nor less
likely to be hired, and they are offered
higher initial wages. Lastly, a high grade
point average is rewarded with a higher
probability of a job interview and hiring.
Keywords: Grade point average;private schooi;
public school; tceiandic labor market
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