1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910796546703321

Autore

Acosta Pablo

Titolo

Developing Socioemotional Skills for the Philippines' Labor Market / / Pablo Acosta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2017

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (112 pages)

Collana

Directions in Development;Directions in Development - Human Development

Disciplina

331.259209599

Soggetti

Occupational training - Philippines

Vocational guidance - Philippines

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Executive Summary -- Education and Labor-Market Outcomes in the Philippines -- Demand for Socioemotional Skills in the Philippine Labor Market -- Socioemotional Skills in the Philippine Labor Force -- Promoting the Development of Socioemotional Skills in the Philippines -- Conclusion and Recommendations.

Sommario/riassunto

While the Philippines has achieved remarkable progress in raising the education level of its labor force, the standard proxy for educational attainment years of formal schooling is increasingly inadequate as a measure of workforce skills. About one-third of employers report being unable to fill vacancies due to lack of applicants with the requisite skills. Most of these missing skills ? are socioemotional skills also known as non-cognitive skills, soft skills or  behavioral skills. Emerging international evidence suggests that socioemotional skills are increasingly crucial to the types of jobs being created by the global economy. The following study presents new evidence from employer and household surveys on the role of socioemotional skills in the Philippine labor market. The analysis reveals that: Two-thirds of employers report difficulty in finding workers with adequate work ethics or appropriate interpersonal and communications skills. Firm-based training increasingly focuses on socioemotional skills. The more educated and employed workers tend to score higher on measures of grit, decision-making, agreeableness, and extroversion. Socioemotional



skills are associated with an increase in average daily earnings, in particular for women, young workers, less-educated workers, and those employed in the service sector. Higher levels of socioemotional skills are also correlated with a greater probability of being employed, having completed secondary education, and pursuing tertiary education. Studies suggest that primary school is the optimal age for shaping socioemotional skills, but the Philippines elementary education curriculum devotes limited resources to their development. Schools continue to be judged solely by students performance in cognitive achievement tests, but not on soft-skills competencies, and teachers are not appropriately trained to foster the development of them. Finally, interventions targeting workers entering the labor force can also effectively bolster their socioemotional skills, complementing effects to improve labor-market information and vocational counseling.