This project studies
how narrative evaluations-paragraph-length assessments of students'
performance-offer a new lens to measure cognitive and soft skills and their
labor market value. I exploit a natural experiment at UC Santa Cruz, which used
only evaluations until 1997, both evaluations and grades until 2010, and then
discontinued them. Linking USC's academic records with labor data, I ask: (i)
Do evaluations add information beyond grades, acting as complements or
substitutes? (ii) How can skills be extracted from text, and do their returns
differ by demographics? (iii) Can evaluations help identify skill-major
mismatches and mitigate their educational consequences?
Expositor:
PhD. Marco A Badilla Maroto
Detalles:
Viernes 03 de octubre 2025, 12:00 m.d.
Presencial, miniauditorio aula 244CE.