Adults’ Cognitive and Socioemotional Skills and their Labor Market Outcomes in Colombia

Previous research has shown that people with higher cognitive skills (mental abilities) and socioemotional skills (behaviors and personality) get better labor market outcomes. It is unclear, however, if this conclusion applies to low- and middle-income countries, given that existing literature...

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Main Authors:	Acosta, Pablo, Muller, Noel, Sarzosa, Miguel
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	SKILLS EDUCATIONAL TESTING COMPUTER LITERACY MOTIVATION PERSONALITY SCHOOL READINESS TEACHERS ACHIEVEMENT TESTS AGGRESSION PSYCHOLOGY SCHOOLING NUMERACY ACTIVITIES BIAS GROUPS INTELLIGENCE THOUGHTS STRATEGIES EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT LIFE SKILLS SCHOOL FACTORS COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL DROPOUTS PAPERS SOCIAL BEHAVIOR PRIMARY STUDENT APTITUDES ETS TRAINING PROGRAMS THINKING EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ROLES LANGUAGE EXAMS ATTRIBUTION LITERACY KNOWLEDGE CRITICAL THINKING ACQUISITION OF SKILLS PROFICIENCY GENDER GAP QUALITY OF EDUCATION TRAINING ACHIEVEMENTS TESTS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION SECONDARY STUDENTS RELATIONSHIPS ABILITY AGING CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES COMPETENCIES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS STANDARDIZED TESTS LEARNING INFORMATION PROCESSING REASONING TEST SCORES SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE TESTING PROBLEM SOLVING DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY KINDERGARTEN COGNITION DIPLOMAS ASSESSMENTS READING BELIEFS STUDENT ASSESSMENT VOCATIONAL TRAINING STUDY ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE STUDIES COMPLETION SCIENCE ADOLESCENCE GENDER DIFFERENCES VALUES SCHOOLS PARTICIPATION AGE CURRICULA GENDER CHILDHOOD STUDENT PERFORMANCE AGE GROUPS ACHIEVEMENT INDEXES EFFORT EARLY CHILDHOOD YOUTH DECISION MAKING TEACHER INCENTIVES COGNITIVE ABILITY INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ADOLESCENTS TEACHER EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES MATHEMATICAL ABILITY COLLEGE STUDENTS COGNITIVE SKILLS WRITING UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN EDUCATION STATISTICS PERSONALITY TRAITS BASIC SKILLS PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE ATTENTION YOUNG PEOPLE ACTIVITY INTERACTIONS GIRLS STUDENTS LEADERSHIP EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES PRIMARY EDUCATION WOMEN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLASSROOM GOALS SECONDARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION
Online Access:	https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/954461468189869519/adults-cognitive-and-socioemotional-skills-and-their-labor-market-outcomes-in-colombia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22847

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22847

Adults’ Cognitive and Socioemotional Skills and their Labor Market Outcomes in Colombia

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