We present field experimental evidence that limited information about workseekers' skills distorts both firm and … workseeker behavior. Assessing workseekers' skills, giving workseekers their assessment results, and helping them to credibly … strategies more closely with their skills. Giving assessment results only to workseekers has similar effects on beliefs and …

that measures that allow Venezuelans to obtain employment that matches their skills, such as facilitating the conversion of …

occupational skills. Combining novel data from a representative Mexican task survey with rich individual-level worker data, we find … that Mexican migrants to the United States have higher manual skills and lower cognitive skills than non …-migrants. Conditional on occupational skills, education and earnings no longer predict migration decisions. Differential labor …

workforce and fully benefiting from technology adoption. We show that digital technology adoption shifted the demand for skills …

who can signal their high level of specific skills earn seven to ten percent more than identical students lacking such a … signal. The signal allows workers to find jobs in more productive firms and sectors that better use their skills. The …