This paper studies the effects of an oversubscribed job-training program on skills and labor-market outcomes using both survey and administrative data. Overall, vocational training improves labor-market outcomes, particularly by increasing formal employment. A second round of randomization evaluates how applicants to otherwise similar job-training programs are affected by the extent that hard versus soft skills are emphasized in the curriculum. Admission...
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2023/03/13
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Hard and Soft Skills in Vocational Training : Experimental Evidence from Colombia
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Felipe Barrera-Osorio; Kugler,Adriana; Mikko Silliman.
Hard and Soft Skills in Vocational Training : Experimental Evidence from Colombia (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099903112072310278