Adults’ Cognitive and Socioemotional Skills and their Labor Market Outcomes in Colombia

Previous research has shown that people with higher cognitive skills (mental abilities) and socioemotional skills (behaviors and personality) get better labor market outcomes. It is unclear, however, if this conclusion applies to low- and middle-income countries, given that existing literature...

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Main Authors:	Acosta, Pablo, Muller, Noel, Sarzosa, Miguel
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	SKILLS EDUCATIONAL TESTING COMPUTER LITERACY MOTIVATION PERSONALITY SCHOOL READINESS TEACHERS ACHIEVEMENT TESTS AGGRESSION PSYCHOLOGY SCHOOLING NUMERACY ACTIVITIES BIAS GROUPS INTELLIGENCE THOUGHTS STRATEGIES EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT LIFE SKILLS SCHOOL FACTORS COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL DROPOUTS PAPERS SOCIAL BEHAVIOR PRIMARY STUDENT APTITUDES ETS TRAINING PROGRAMS THINKING EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ROLES LANGUAGE EXAMS ATTRIBUTION LITERACY KNOWLEDGE CRITICAL THINKING ACQUISITION OF SKILLS PROFICIENCY GENDER GAP QUALITY OF EDUCATION TRAINING ACHIEVEMENTS TESTS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION SECONDARY STUDENTS RELATIONSHIPS ABILITY AGING CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES COMPETENCIES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS STANDARDIZED TESTS LEARNING INFORMATION PROCESSING REASONING TEST SCORES SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE TESTING PROBLEM SOLVING DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY KINDERGARTEN COGNITION DIPLOMAS ASSESSMENTS READING BELIEFS STUDENT ASSESSMENT VOCATIONAL TRAINING STUDY ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE STUDIES COMPLETION SCIENCE ADOLESCENCE GENDER DIFFERENCES VALUES SCHOOLS PARTICIPATION AGE CURRICULA GENDER CHILDHOOD STUDENT PERFORMANCE AGE GROUPS ACHIEVEMENT INDEXES EFFORT EARLY CHILDHOOD YOUTH DECISION MAKING TEACHER INCENTIVES COGNITIVE ABILITY INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ADOLESCENTS TEACHER EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES MATHEMATICAL ABILITY COLLEGE STUDENTS COGNITIVE SKILLS WRITING UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN EDUCATION STATISTICS PERSONALITY TRAITS BASIC SKILLS PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE ATTENTION YOUNG PEOPLE ACTIVITY INTERACTIONS GIRLS STUDENTS LEADERSHIP EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES PRIMARY EDUCATION WOMEN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLASSROOM GOALS SECONDARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION
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spelling	okr-10986-228472021-06-14T10:19:14Z Adults’ Cognitive and Socioemotional Skills and their Labor Market Outcomes in Colombia Acosta, Pablo Muller, Noel Sarzosa, Miguel SKILLS EDUCATIONAL TESTING COMPUTER LITERACY MOTIVATION PERSONALITY SCHOOL READINESS TEACHERS ACHIEVEMENT TESTS AGGRESSION PSYCHOLOGY SCHOOLING NUMERACY ACTIVITIES BIAS GROUPS INTELLIGENCE THOUGHTS STRATEGIES EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT LIFE SKILLS SCHOOL FACTORS COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL DROPOUTS PAPERS SOCIAL BEHAVIOR PRIMARY STUDENT APTITUDES ETS TRAINING PROGRAMS THINKING EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ROLES LANGUAGE EXAMS ATTRIBUTION LITERACY KNOWLEDGE CRITICAL THINKING ACQUISITION OF SKILLS PROFICIENCY GENDER GAP QUALITY OF EDUCATION TRAINING ACHIEVEMENTS TESTS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION SECONDARY STUDENTS RELATIONSHIPS ABILITY AGING CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES COMPETENCIES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS STANDARDIZED TESTS LEARNING INFORMATION PROCESSING REASONING TEST SCORES SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE TESTING PROBLEM SOLVING DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY KINDERGARTEN COGNITION DIPLOMAS ASSESSMENTS READING BELIEFS STUDENT ASSESSMENT VOCATIONAL TRAINING STUDY ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE STUDIES COMPLETION SCIENCE ADOLESCENCE GENDER DIFFERENCES VALUES SCHOOLS PARTICIPATION AGE CURRICULA GENDER CHILDHOOD STUDENT PERFORMANCE AGE GROUPS ACHIEVEMENT INDEXES EFFORT EARLY CHILDHOOD YOUTH DECISION MAKING TEACHER INCENTIVES COGNITIVE ABILITY INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ADOLESCENTS TEACHER EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES MATHEMATICAL ABILITY COLLEGE STUDENTS COGNITIVE SKILLS WRITING UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN EDUCATION STATISTICS PERSONALITY TRAITS BASIC SKILLS PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE ATTENTION YOUNG PEOPLE ACTIVITY INTERACTIONS GIRLS STUDENTS LEADERSHIP EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES PRIMARY EDUCATION WOMEN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLASSROOM GOALS SECONDARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION Previous research has shown that people with higher cognitive skills (mental abilities) and socioemotional skills (behaviors and personality) get better labor market outcomes. It is unclear, however, if this conclusion applies to low- and middle-income countries, given that existing literature builds on studies that are dominantly about highincome countries. In this paper, we explore how cognitive and socioemotional skills of adults, ages 15–64, relate to their labor market outcomes in the context of Colombia. Controlling for a range of confounding factors in a crosssectional survey, we do find that adults with higher skills also have better outcomes, while cognitive and socioemotional skills correlate with different ones and seemingly through different channels. Adults with higher cognitive skills have better jobs (with higher earnings, more formal, and highskilled) and are more likely to complete tertiary education. Socioemotional skills correlate more modestly with having a better job but more strongly with labor market participation and tertiary-education completion. Results suggest that adults with both cognitive and socioemotional skills tend to do better in the labor market and that policies boosting the development of both types may be beneficial in Colombia. 2015-11-04T22:13:36Z 2015-11-04T22:13:36Z 2015-09 Working Paper https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/954461468189869519/adults-cognitive-and-socioemotional-skills-and-their-labor-market-outcomes-in-colombia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22847 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7430 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Colombia
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topic	SKILLS EDUCATIONAL TESTING COMPUTER LITERACY MOTIVATION PERSONALITY SCHOOL READINESS TEACHERS ACHIEVEMENT TESTS AGGRESSION PSYCHOLOGY SCHOOLING NUMERACY ACTIVITIES BIAS GROUPS INTELLIGENCE THOUGHTS STRATEGIES EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT LIFE SKILLS SCHOOL FACTORS COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL DROPOUTS PAPERS SOCIAL BEHAVIOR PRIMARY STUDENT APTITUDES ETS TRAINING PROGRAMS THINKING EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ROLES LANGUAGE EXAMS ATTRIBUTION LITERACY KNOWLEDGE CRITICAL THINKING ACQUISITION OF SKILLS PROFICIENCY GENDER GAP QUALITY OF EDUCATION TRAINING ACHIEVEMENTS TESTS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION SECONDARY STUDENTS RELATIONSHIPS ABILITY AGING CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES COMPETENCIES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS STANDARDIZED TESTS LEARNING INFORMATION PROCESSING REASONING TEST SCORES SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE TESTING PROBLEM SOLVING DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY KINDERGARTEN COGNITION DIPLOMAS ASSESSMENTS READING BELIEFS STUDENT ASSESSMENT VOCATIONAL TRAINING STUDY ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE STUDIES COMPLETION SCIENCE ADOLESCENCE GENDER DIFFERENCES VALUES SCHOOLS PARTICIPATION AGE CURRICULA GENDER CHILDHOOD STUDENT PERFORMANCE AGE GROUPS ACHIEVEMENT INDEXES EFFORT EARLY CHILDHOOD YOUTH DECISION MAKING TEACHER INCENTIVES COGNITIVE ABILITY INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ADOLESCENTS TEACHER EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES MATHEMATICAL ABILITY COLLEGE STUDENTS COGNITIVE SKILLS WRITING UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN EDUCATION STATISTICS PERSONALITY TRAITS BASIC SKILLS PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE ATTENTION YOUNG PEOPLE ACTIVITY INTERACTIONS GIRLS STUDENTS LEADERSHIP EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES PRIMARY EDUCATION WOMEN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLASSROOM GOALS SECONDARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION
spellingShingle	SKILLS EDUCATIONAL TESTING COMPUTER LITERACY MOTIVATION PERSONALITY SCHOOL READINESS TEACHERS ACHIEVEMENT TESTS AGGRESSION PSYCHOLOGY SCHOOLING NUMERACY ACTIVITIES BIAS GROUPS INTELLIGENCE THOUGHTS STRATEGIES EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT LIFE SKILLS SCHOOL FACTORS COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL DROPOUTS PAPERS SOCIAL BEHAVIOR PRIMARY STUDENT APTITUDES ETS TRAINING PROGRAMS THINKING EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ROLES LANGUAGE EXAMS ATTRIBUTION LITERACY KNOWLEDGE CRITICAL THINKING ACQUISITION OF SKILLS PROFICIENCY GENDER GAP QUALITY OF EDUCATION TRAINING ACHIEVEMENTS TESTS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION SECONDARY STUDENTS RELATIONSHIPS ABILITY AGING CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES COMPETENCIES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS STANDARDIZED TESTS LEARNING INFORMATION PROCESSING REASONING TEST SCORES SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE TESTING PROBLEM SOLVING DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY KINDERGARTEN COGNITION DIPLOMAS ASSESSMENTS READING BELIEFS STUDENT ASSESSMENT VOCATIONAL TRAINING STUDY ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE STUDIES COMPLETION SCIENCE ADOLESCENCE GENDER DIFFERENCES VALUES SCHOOLS PARTICIPATION AGE CURRICULA GENDER CHILDHOOD STUDENT PERFORMANCE AGE GROUPS ACHIEVEMENT INDEXES EFFORT EARLY CHILDHOOD YOUTH DECISION MAKING TEACHER INCENTIVES COGNITIVE ABILITY INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ADOLESCENTS TEACHER EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES MATHEMATICAL ABILITY COLLEGE STUDENTS COGNITIVE SKILLS WRITING UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN EDUCATION STATISTICS PERSONALITY TRAITS BASIC SKILLS PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE ATTENTION YOUNG PEOPLE ACTIVITY INTERACTIONS GIRLS STUDENTS LEADERSHIP EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES PRIMARY EDUCATION WOMEN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLASSROOM GOALS SECONDARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION Acosta, Pablo Muller, Noel Sarzosa, Miguel Adults’ Cognitive and Socioemotional Skills and their Labor Market Outcomes in Colombia
geographic_facet	Colombia
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7430
description	Previous research has shown that people with higher cognitive skills (mental abilities) and socioemotional skills (behaviors and personality) get better labor market outcomes. It is unclear, however, if this conclusion applies to low- and middle-income countries, given that existing literature builds on studies that are dominantly about highincome countries. In this paper, we explore how cognitive and socioemotional skills of adults, ages 15–64, relate to their labor market outcomes in the context of Colombia. Controlling for a range of confounding factors in a crosssectional survey, we do find that adults with higher skills also have better outcomes, while cognitive and socioemotional skills correlate with different ones and seemingly through different channels. Adults with higher cognitive skills have better jobs (with higher earnings, more formal, and highskilled) and are more likely to complete tertiary education. Socioemotional skills correlate more modestly with having a better job but more strongly with labor market participation and tertiary-education completion. Results suggest that adults with both cognitive and socioemotional skills tend to do better in the labor market and that policies boosting the development of both types may be beneficial in Colombia.
format	Working Paper
author	Acosta, Pablo Muller, Noel Sarzosa, Miguel
author_facet	Acosta, Pablo Muller, Noel Sarzosa, Miguel
author_sort	Acosta, Pablo
title	Adults’ Cognitive and Socioemotional Skills and their Labor Market Outcomes in Colombia
title_short	Adults’ Cognitive and Socioemotional Skills and their Labor Market Outcomes in Colombia
title_full	Adults’ Cognitive and Socioemotional Skills and their Labor Market Outcomes in Colombia
title_fullStr	Adults’ Cognitive and Socioemotional Skills and their Labor Market Outcomes in Colombia
title_full_unstemmed	Adults’ Cognitive and Socioemotional Skills and their Labor Market Outcomes in Colombia
title_sort	adults’ cognitive and socioemotional skills and their labor market outcomes in colombia
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2015
url	https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/954461468189869519/adults-cognitive-and-socioemotional-skills-and-their-labor-market-outcomes-in-colombia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22847
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Adults’ Cognitive and Socioemotional Skills and their Labor Market Outcomes in Colombia

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