Finding a job requires effective search skills to engage successfully with employers with vacancies. In a field … experiment, we test a website that supplements such search skills by providing editable resume and cover letter templates as well …

as a pedagogical tool. The corresponding life skills training component is combined with a technical component teaching … vocational skills. To our knowledge, this is the first paper to rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of a training program … constructed around expressive arts. Using a randomized assignment of favela youth into program and control groups, we look at the …

as a pedagogical tool. The corresponding life skills training component is combined with a technical component teaching … vocational skills. To our knowledge, this is the first paper to rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of a training program … constructed around expressive arts. Using a randomized assignment of favela youth into program and control groups, we look at the …

(employment) and intensive (hours of work, income) margin, but it (i) induced occupational sorting, with treated individuals more … likely to work in their field of specialization, (ii) partially improved job quality (written contracts, medical benefits …

education will be pivotal in ensuring that individuals have the right tools to adapt to the new skills the market demands … adult education and training strategy centred around public and private sector collaboration to identify skills needs and … some long-term structural changes and redefining the skills required to maintain a productive workforce – a trend that has …

' skills and most labor outcomes but some evidence of a effect on labor income. We also find evidence of heterogeneous effects …

Finding a job requires effective search skills to engage successfully with employers with vacancies. In a field … experiment, we test a website that supplements such search skills by providing editable resume and cover letter templates as well …

-standard forms of work have expanded with a strong trend towards self-employment and an increased reliance on temporary contracts …. Regulatory policies should aim at raising labour market mobility to improve the matching of skills to jobs by easing the …. Finally, measures should improve the skills of individuals in vulnerable groups to enhance their opportunities to find better …