Minds and Behaviors at Work

by Wendy Cunningham, Noel Muller, Pablo Acosta

Although the Latin American region has shown an impressive growth in educational attainment over the past two decades, that education has failed to yield expected benefits. A mounting body of research and policy debates argues that the quantity of education is not an adequate metric of human capital acquisition. Rather, individuals' skills--what they actually know and can do--should stand as policy targets and be fostered across the life course. Evidence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1464808848
• ISBN13: 9781464808845
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 9.9"