Sebastián Montaño
Biographic Data
| ID | 8880049 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sebastián Montaño |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sebastián |
| FAMILY NAME | Montaño |
| SIGNATURE | MONTANO S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Los Andes [email protected] |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Signaling Specific Skills and the Labor Market of College Graduates
Using administrative data and a regression discontinuity design, we study the labor market effects of a government-sponsored award given to top-performing students on Colombia’s national college exit exam. The award signals field-specific skills, leading recipients to earn seven to ten percent more than comparable peers without the signal. The benefits are concentrated among graduates from lowerreputation institutions, who enter the market with w…
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Signaling Specific Skills and the Labor Market of College Graduates
Using administrative data and a regression discontinuity design, we study the labor market effects of a government-sponsored award given to top-performing students on Colombia’s national college exit exam. The award signals field-specific skills, leading recipients to earn seven to ten percent more than comparable peers without the signal. The benefits are concentrated among graduates from lowerreputation institutions, who enter the market with w…
Discontinuity (linguistics) (1 work) · Higher Education and Employability (1 work) · Job market (1 work) · Regression (1 work) · Regression analysis (1 work) · Regression discontinuity design (1 work)