This paper provides new cross-country evidence on the impact of cognitive skills, as measured by international achievement tests, on subsequent youth employment outcomes. High average scores are strongly associated with increases in school enrollment and reductions in the incidence of unemployment, with slightly stronger effects for women. Higher scores also correlate with a larger share of youth working in wage and salaried employment, outside of...
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2011/01/01
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工作文件
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123973
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2018/03/07
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Cognitive skills and youth labor market outcomes
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test score