Theme 2. Education and the labor market
During a three-year period from 1967 to 1970,
while teaching at the University of Chicago, Myers carried out a study of how
Peruvian Agricultural University Graduates fit into the Peruvian labor
market. The study showed that a manpower
model of relating education to market placement would not predict the results
and highlighted the importance of social background in the process.
“Academic Achievement, Social
Background, and Occupational Recruitment – A Longitudinal Study of Graduates
from a Peruvian University” Chicago, University of Chicago, Comparative
Education Center. Unpublished paper in
English subsequently published in Spanish (see next reference).
“Logro Académico, Antecedentes Sociales y Reclutamiento
Ocupacional.” Revista del Centro de Estudios
Educativos (México) Vol. III, No. 1 (1973), pp. 35-66.