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The causal impact of socio-emotional skills training on educational success
Sorrenti, Giuseppe; Zölitz, Ulf; Ribeaud, Denis; … - 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 enroll in university. Two mechanisms drive these results. Treated children show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012175897
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The causal impact of socioemotional skills training on educational success
Sorrenti, Giuseppe; Zölitz, Ulf; Ribeaud, Denis; … - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012217344
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The causal impact of socio-emotional skills training on educational success
Sorrenti, Guiseppe; Zölitz, Ulf; Ribeaud, Denis; … - 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 enroll in university. Two mechanisms drive these results. Treated children show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012194935
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The causal impact of socio-emotional skills training on educational success
Sorrenti, Giuseppe; Zölitz, Ulf; Ribeaud, Denis; … - 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 enroll in university. Two mechanisms drive these results. Treated children show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012196311
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Returns to Soft Skills Training in Rwanda
Brudevold-Newman, Andrew - 2023
Young adults seeking to enter the labor market often confront a skills mismatch with firms reporting difficulty finding new entrants with appropriate levels of soft skills. This paper reports findings from a randomized controlled trial in Rwanda in which recent graduates from tertiary education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014312720
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Returns to Soft Skills Training in Rwanda
Brudevold-Newman, Andrew; Ubfal, Diego Javier - 2023
Young adults seeking to enter the labor market often confront a skills mismatch with firms reporting difficulty finding new entrants with appropriate levels of soft skills. This paper reports findings from a randomized controlled trial in Rwanda in which recent graduates from tertiary education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014579534
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Training, soft skills and productivity : evidence from a field experiment
Prada, María F.; Rucci, Graciana; Urzua, Sergio - 2019
This paper examines a training intervention aimed at boosting leadership and communication skills among employees of a large Latin American retailer. The identification exploits an experimental design in the context of a difference-in-difference strategy. Using longitudinal information obtained...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012027598
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Training, soft skills and productivity : evidence from a field experiment in retail
Prada, María F.; Rucci, Graciana; Urzua, Sergio - 2019
Understanding the causal association between skills and productivity is essential for designing effective training programs. This paper evaluates an intervention aimed at boosting leadership and communication skills among store managers and sales associates from a large Latin American retailer....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012028636
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Do teaching practices impact socio-emotional skills?
Korbel, Vaclav; Paulus, Michal - 2017
Recent studies emphasize the importance of socio-emotional skills for the success in school as well as for later economic outcomes. However, little is known how practices used by teachers everyday in classrooms impact socio-emotional skills. We show that modern practices such as working in small...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011603308
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Do teaching practices impact socio-emotional skills?
Korbel, Václav; Paulus, Michal - In: Education economics 26 (2018) 3/4, pp. 337-355
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