raise non-academic skills directly through purposeful activities or indirectly as a result of other employment …Skills are a central source of high productivity and economic well-being. But what do we mean by productive skills …? Both with regard to measurement and policy, the primary focus in the U.S. has been on academic skills, as measured by tests …

with demand for broader skill sets, and the firm characteristics that are related to particular skills and different … combinations of skills. We use a unique matched database of firm-level data and online job vacancy data for a developing economy … requirements across firms within the same occupations. Additionally, we show that firms demanding diverse skills differ from their …

Reducing youth unemployment and generating more and better youth employment opportunities are key policy challenges …, counseling, training, and placement services. Such programs can be expensive, however, which underscores the need to focus on …

Theories of market failures and targeting motivate the promotion of entrepreneurship training programs and generate …

Theories of market failures and targeting motivate the promotion of entrepreneurship training programs and generate …

Theories of market failures and targeting motivate the promotion of entrepreneurship training programs and generate …