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SUMMARY:Maria Guadalupe - INSEAD
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:\n\nSoft Skills, Unemployment and Job Search" with Johanna Roth and Al
 exandra Roulet (INSEAD)\nAbstract: Non-cognitive skills are increasingly re
 warded in labor markets and are believed to play an important role in the j
 ob-finding process. We present evidence from a large-scale randomized contr
 olled trial evaluating a soft-skills training program for job seekers in Fr
 ance. The two-week program, offered by the French Public Employment Service
 , aims to improve both job seekers’ soft skills and their awareness of the 
 role these skills play in the labor market. Prior to training, we measure a
  broad set of non-cognitive skills, ranging from professional soft skills t
 o personality traits, and identify those more strongly predictive of job-se
 arch behavior and employment outcomes. The program significantly improves t
 hose skills --particularly autonomy in career management. Participants also
  come to perceive soft skills as more important for job-search success. Alt
 hough the training does not increase overall employment rates, it improves 
 job quality: treated job seekers are more likely to obtain full-time, open-
 ended contracts and report higher earnings conditional on employment. We al
 so show heterogenous impact of the training for different types of job seek
 ers.\n\n\n \n
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