2023-09-132023-09-132023-09-13https://repositorio.redinvestigadores.org/handle/Riec/131We use census-like data and a regression discontinuity design to study the labor market impacts of a signal provided by a government-sponsored award given to top-performing students on a nationwide college exit exam in Colombia. Students who can signal their high level of specific skills earn seven to ten percent more than identical students lacking such a signal. The signal allows workers to find jobs in more productive firms and sectors that better use their skills. The positive returns persist for up to five years. The signal favors workers from less advantaged groups who enter the market with weaker signals.76 páginasPDFengOpen AccessWorking paperJ20 - GeneralJ24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor ProductivityJ31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage DifferentialsJ44 - Professional Labor Markets; Occupational LicensingO15 - Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; MigrationD80 - GeneralSignalingskillswage returnscollege reputationColombiaEducación superior -- Mercado laboral -- ColombiaAcceso abiertoAtribucion-NoComercial-CompartirIgual CC BY-NC-SA 4.0