Browsing by Author "Cunningham, Wendy"
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Cognitive and non-cognitive skills for the Peruvian labor market : addressing measurement error through latent skills estimations
Cunningham, Wendy; Parra Torrado, Mónica; Sarzosa, Miguel Alonso (World Bank, 2016-02)Evidence from developed country data suggests that cognitive and non-cognitive skills contribute to improved labor market outcomes. This paper tests this hypothesis in a developing country by using an individual-level data ... -
Youth Employment Transitions in Latin America
Cunningham, Wendy; Salvagno, Javier Bustos (World Bank, 2011)Using panel data from labor force surveys in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, the paper maps out young people's paths from the classroom to the work place during the 1980s through the early 2000s. By decomposing transition ...