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dc.contributor.advisorMantilla Ribero, César Andrés
dc.contributor.gruplacGrupo de investigaciones. Facultad de Economía. Universidad del Rosario
dc.creatorRincón, Ferley
dc.creator.degreeMagíster en Economía
dc.creator.degreeLevelMaestría
dc.creator.degreetypeFull time
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dc.descriptionProponemos un experimento de campo para evaluar el efecto de una intervención informativa de bajo costo y escalable sobre las trayectorias ocupacionales y educativas de los estudiantes de educación media. Utilizamos una prueba de orientación vocacional para estudiar cómo las sugerencias de carreras impactan en las aspiraciones ocupacionales y las expectativas de los estudiantes relacionadas con un examen nacional de finalización de la secundaria. Todos los estudiantes respondieron preguntas de la prueba de orientación vocacional, las cuales se relacionan con tres componentes: autoconocimiento, educación y mercado laboral. Solo el grupo de tratamiento recibió sugerencias de carreras. Utilizando una tabla de apuestas incentivada, los participantes informaron sus puntajes esperados en el examen. Recibir sugerencias de carreras afectó las aspiraciones ocupacionales de los estudiantes, pero el 70% no alteró sus aspiraciones después del tratamiento. Además, recibir sugerencias de carreras afectó negativamente la autoevaluación de los estudiantes sobre sus habilidades para seguir un programa técnico y no afectó sus expectativas para el examen. Finalmente, no hubo diferencias significativas en el rendimiento en el examen entre los estudiantes que recibieron sugerencias y los que no.
dc.description.abstractWe propose a lab-in-the-field experiment to evaluate a low-cost scalable information intervention on high school students’ occupational and educational pathways. We employ a career test to study how career suggestions impact students’ occupational aspirations and expectations for a national high school exit exam. All students were required to answer career test questions related to three components of career counseling: self-awareness, education, and the labor market. Only the treatment group received career suggestions. Using an incentivized table of bets, participants reported their expected scores on the exam. Receiving career suggestions affects students’ occupational aspirations, but 70% did not alter their aspirations after the treatment. Furthermore, receiving career suggestions negatively affected students’ self-assessment of their skills for pursuing a technical program and did not affect their expectations for the exam. Additionally, there was no discernible difference in the exam performance of students who received suggestions compared to those who did not.
dc.description.sponsorshipInclusión productiva y social: programas y políticas para la promoción de una economía formal, código 60185, que conforma la Alianza EFI, bajo el Contrato de Recuperación Contingente No. FP44842-220- 2018
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dc.source.reponamereponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocUR
dc.subjectAspiraciones ocupacionales
dc.subjectDesempeño academico
dc.subjectHabilidades
dc.subjectOrientación vocacional
dc.subject.keywordOccupational aspirations
dc.subject.keywordAcademic performance
dc.subject.keywordSkills
dc.subject.keywordCareer test
dc.titleOccupational aspirations and skills: an experiment
dc.title.TranslatedTitleAspiraciones ocupacionales y habilidades: un experimento
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dc.type.documentTrabajo de grado
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