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References for Skills or jobs: Which comes first?
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Further reading
- Hanushek, E. A., Woessmann, L. "The role of cognitive skills in economic development" Journal of Economic Literature 46:3 (2008): 607–688.
- Lee, J., Newhouse, D. Cognitive Skills and Youth Labor Market Outcomes Background paper for the World Development Report 2013, 2012.
- UNESCO Youth and Skills: Putting Education to Work. Paris: UNESCO, 2012.
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Key references
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World Bank World Development
Report 2013: Jobs. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2012. Key reference: [1]
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Knudsen, E., Heckman, J., Cameron, J., Shonkoff, J. "Economic,
neurobiological, and behavioral perspectives on building
America’s future workforce" Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences 103:27 (2006): 10155–10162. Key reference: [2]
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Almeida, R., Behrman, J. R., Robalino, D. A. (eds). The Right Skills
for the Job? Rethinking Training Policies for Workers. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2012. Key reference: [3]
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Biavaschi, C., Eichhorst, W., Giulietti, C., Kendzia, M. J., Muravyev, A., Pieters, J., Rodríguez-Planas, N., Schmidl, R., Zimmermann, K. F. Youth Unemployment
and Vocational Training Background Paper for the
World Development Report 2013, 2012. Key reference: [4]
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World Bank Strengthening
Skills and Employability in Peru. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2011. Key reference: [5]
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Cunha, F., Heckman, J. J., Schennach, S. "Estimating the
technology of cognitive and noncognitive skill formation" Econometrica 78:3 (2010): 883–931. Key reference: [6]
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Ibarrarán, P., Ripani, L., Taboada, B., Villa, J. M., Garcia, B. Life Skills,
Employability and Training for Disadvantaged Youth: Evidence
from a Randomized Evaluation Design IZA Discussion
Paper No.6617, 2012. Key reference: [7]
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Gennaioli, N., La
Porta, R., Lopez-de-Silanes, F., Shleifer, A. "Human capital and
regional development" The Quarterly
Journal of Economics 128:1 (2013): 105–164. Key reference: [8]
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Conley, T. G., Udry, C. "Learning about a
new technology: Pineapple in Ghana" American Economic
Review 100:1 (2010): 35–69. Key reference: [9]
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Jensen, R. "The (perceived)
returns to education and the demand for schooling" The Quarterly
Journal of Economics 125:2 (2010): 515–548. Key reference: [10]
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Jensen, R. "Do labor market
opportunities affect young women’s work and family decisions?
Experimental evidence from India" The Quarterly
Journal of Economics 127:2 (2012): 753–792. Key reference: [11]
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Acemoglu, D. "Technology,
unemployment and efficiency" European Economic
Review 41:3–5 (1997): 525–533. Key reference: [12]
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World Bank World Development
Report 2013: Jobs. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2012.