Educators believe that they are adequately preparing youth for the labor market while at the same time employers lament the students' lack of skills. A possible source of the mismatch in perceptions is that employers and educators have different understandings of the types of skills valued in the labor market. Using economics and psychology literature to define four skills sets --socio-emotional, higher-order cognitive, basic cognitive, and technical...
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INFORMACIÓN
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2016/02/29
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WPS7582
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2016/02/29
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Disclosed
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Employer voices, employer demands, and implications for public skills development policy connecting the labor and education sectors
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cognitive skill