Busso, Matias; Montaño, Sebastián; Muñoz-Morales, Juan - 2023
We study how signaling skills that are specific to college majors affect labor market outcomes of college graduates. We … performers on a mandatory nationwide exam in Colombia. The award allows students to signal their high level of specific skills … when searching for a j ob. These students earn 7 to 12 percent more than otherwise identical students lacking the signal …
