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The Extractive Industry's Impact on Economic Growth in SADC Countries

Nhabinde, S. - 2020

providing evidence of a resource curse. Extractive industries in South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia have positive direct …

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Political Economy of Industrialization and Industrial Parks in Ethiopia

Kebede, Selamawit; Heshmati, Almas - 2023

This study investigates the political economy of industrialization in Ethiopia. It discusses the economic and political … used for exploring the role of political economy in Ethiopian industrialization. Different political strategies were … strategies of protectionist import substitution industrialization and the outward strategy of export-oriented industrialization …

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Non-Cognitive Skills and Personality Traits : Labour Market Relevance and Their Development in Education & Training Systems

Brunello, Giorgio - 2011

This paper reviews the empirical economic literature on the relative importance of non cognitive skills for school and labour market outcomes, with a focus on Europe. There is evidence that high cognitive test scores are likely to result not only from high cognitive skills but also from high...

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Life Skills, Employability and Training for Disadvantaged Youth : Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation Design

Ibarraran, Pablo - 2012

This paper presents an impact evaluation of a revamped version of the Dominican youth training program Juventud y Empleo. The paper analyzes the impact of the program on traditional labor market outcomes and on outcomes related to youth behavior and life style, expectations about the future and...

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The Causal Impact of Socio-Emotional Skills Training on Educational Success

Sorrenti, Giuseppe - 2020

We study the long-term effects of a randomized intervention targeting children's socio-emotional skills. The classroom-based intervention for primary school children has positive impacts that persist for over a decade. Treated children become more likely to complete academic high school and...

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Output Costs of Education and Skill Mismatch

Garibaldi, Pietro - 2020

We propose a simple theory of under- and over-employment. Individuals of high type can perform both skilled and unskilled jobs, but only a fraction of low-type workers can perform skilled jobs. People have different non-pecuniary values over these jobs, akin to a Roy model. We calibrate two...

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Widening the High School Curriculum to Include Soft Skill Training : Impacts on Health, Behaviour, Emotional Wellbeing and Occupational Aspirations

Lordan, Grace - 2019

From 2020 Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education will be compulsory in UK schools for adolescents, however less is known about how it can be taught in a an effective manner. We examine, through a randomised trial, the impact of an evidenced based health related quality of life (HRQoL)...

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Beyond Qualifications : Returns to Cognitive and Socio-Emotional Skills in Colombia

Acosta, Pablo A. - 2015

This paper examines the relationship between individuals' skills and labor market outcomes for the working-age population of Colombia's urban areas. Using a 2012 unique household survey, the paper finds that cognitive skills (aptitudes to perform mental tasks such as comprehension or reasoning)...

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The Technology of Skill Formation

Cunha, Flavio; Heckman, James J. - 2021

This paper develops a model of skill formation that explains a variety of findings established in the child development and child intervention literatures. At its core is a technology that is stage-specific and that features self productivity, dynamic complementarity and skill multipliers....

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The Effect of Immigrant Peers in Vocational Schools

Frattini, Tommaso - 2017

This paper provides new evidence on how the presence of immigrant peers in the classroom affects native student achievement. The analysis is based on longitudinal administrative data on two cohorts of vocational training students in Italy's largest region. Vocational training institutions...

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