Gender Group, World Bank
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Diego Ubfal retweeted
Forthcoming AER: Insights paper on the long-run effects of working while in school. Results show persistent gains in earnings. Figure👇Paper: aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.12…
WP docs.iza.org/dp18238.pdf
w @tlebarbanchon @FerrandoMery @noma_katzkowicz; @WorldBank #EconTwitter @AEAjournals
Forthcoming in AER: Insights: "The Lasting Effects of Working while in School: A Long-Term Follow-Up" by Mery Ferrando, Noemà Katzkowicz, Thomas Le Barbanchon, and Diego Ubfal. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.12…
Forthcoming AER: Insights paper on the long-run effects of working while in school. Results show persistent gains in earnings. Figure👇Paper: aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.12…
WP docs.iza.org/dp18238.pdf
w @tlebarbanchon @FerrandoMery @noma_katzkowicz; @WorldBank #EconTwitter @AEAjournals
Forthcoming in AER: Insights: "The Lasting Effects of Working while in School: A Long-Term Follow-Up" by Mery Ferrando, Noemà Katzkowicz, Thomas Le Barbanchon, and Diego Ubfal. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.12…
Does working while in school pay off? Our new working paper offers the first experimental evidence on the long-term impact of work-study programs—showing sustained gains in formal earnings seven years later. Explore here: documents.worldbank.org/cura… #EconTwitter @WorldBank
Are Apps a game changer for women’s business training?
See our new blog on this based on a recent study:
blogs.worldbank.org/en/devel…
Diego Ubfal retweeted
NBER gender & digital program in 2 weeks (livestreamed); very interesting paper by @diegoubfal @rchlcassidy & Menaal Ebrahim on F2F vs digital delivery of business training for women in #Ethiopia. F2F better on completion but both modes weak on outcomes. nber.org/conferences/gender-…
Rethinking Business Training: Digital Challenges and In-Person Advantages for Women. Thanks @Dev_Discourse for an excellent blog on our paper.
devdiscourse.com/article/oth…
Just published online at WBRO: Supporting Women-Led Businesses: Narrative Review of Recent Causal Evidence academic.oup.com/wbro/articl…
Can digital training be an efficient solution to train women entrepreneurs?
New Results from RCT testing app-based vs. in-person training with a sample of women entrepreneurs who own smartphones and have good access to internet in Ethiopia. documents.worldbank.org/en/p…
Results: 22% completed digital vs. 71% in-person training. Both had limited impact on business outcomes. Highlights complexities of digital scaling, even for a screened sample with smartphone and internet access.
With @rchlcassidy mebrahim @WBG_Gender #africa #GenderLab
Social networks is one of the main job-finding sources (@dmckenzie001 and @ElianaCarranza 2024). Our paper in Labor Economics shows soft-skills training helps recent grads expand job networks and find jobs faster, though effects fade over time.
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Highlights: 96% response rates in phone surveys, validation of null effect on formal jobs with snapshot from Social Security admin records.
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
@AndrewBrudevold @africagil @WBG_Gender @poverty_action
News on latest research on #gender and #entrepreneurship:
1. Survey of the causal literature accepted @ World Bank Research Observer!
Read the working paper here: documents.worldbank.org/cura…
2. Don't miss the excellent conference next week at the IDB: events.iadb.org/calendar/eve…
Diego Ubfal retweeted
Training entrepreneurs in LMICs can yield high returns, but in-person training costs $. Can we scale training by moving it online?
Yes, at least in the short run, says my new paper (w/ @diegoubfal Lafortune & Tessada), just out in Econ. of Ed. Review! 1/ authors.elsevier.com/a/1jJVQ…
Great new paper by @i4Replication finding high reproducibility rates for top journal articles in economics and pol science, but with robustness checks finding large changes in statistical significance, and coding errors in several papers. We contributed with one replication
Our first meta paper is out!! This paper combines our first 110 completed reproductions/replications. This is joint work with 350+ amazing coauthors.
We summarize our findings below.
econpapers.repec.org/paper/z…
Literature review on what works in supporting women-led businesses. Check the new version (motivating graph below): documents.worldbank.org/en/p…
#gender #entreprenuership @worldbank @wbg_gender @IFC_org
ALT Using WB Enterprise Surveys microdata, we see how the share of firms led by women decreases with size of the firm, pointing to constraints in the growth of women-led firms
Excelente reunión con el @MIDESPma en el marco de las consultas sobre la Nueva Estrategia de Género del Banco Mundial. Hemos recibido valiosos comentarios sobre la problemática de género en Panamá y los puntos en común con nuestra estrategia global. @WBG_Gender
La Ministra @marinescastillolopez se reunió con @LauraBRawlings y @diegoubfal, altos ejecutivos del @BancoMundial, quienes presentaron la Estrategia de Género para 2024-2030: “Acelerar la Igualdad de Género para lograr un futuro sostenible, resiliente e inclusivo”.
Diego Ubfal retweeted
Little is known about how price affects the demand for business training programs. Diego Ubfal @diegoubfal @WorldBank @wb_research discusses research to estimate the demand for training. faculti.net/estimating-the-d… #econtwitter #economics