Papia Debroy

Connecting people to learn and earn to their full potential at Opportunity@Work. All views my own.

[Brookings Metro @BrookingsMetro]

Over the past two years, more than 20 states have expanded access to state jobs through a simple move: assessing or removing bachelor’s degree requirements, @DebroyPapia, Blair Corcoran de Castillo, Amy Mortimer & @justinheck from @OpptyatWork write. https://t.co/fKlsWujQCh

[Opportunity@Work @OpptyatWork]

This morning, Senior VP of Insights @DebroyPapia Debroy gave powerful testimony to the Congressional @EdWorkforceCmte on the importance of #skillsbasedhiring and creating more opportunities for STARs to #tearthepaperceiling and truly shine.

[Papia Debroy @DebroyPapia]

Yes. We are tearing the paper ceiling @OpptyatWork

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Here’s an example of a smart policy that gets rid of unnecessary college degree requirements and reduces barriers to good paying jobs. I hope other states follow suit! https://t.co/ik8SOeoMem

[Erica L. Groshen @EricaGroshen]

A fine example of empirical research informing policy. Analysis of CPS and other data suggests that a lot of human capital developed on the job is stranded when so many employers screen out people w/o BAs. Congrats to @OpptyatWork @DebroyPapia @byron_auguste

[Allan Golston @AllanGolston]

Employers are missing out on key talent when workers who are skilled through alternative routes (STARs) are screened out of job opportunities.

Here’s what employers should consider @OpptyatWork @byron_auguste https://t.co/TUeWz35NL0

[Erica L. Groshen @EricaGroshen]

Raising awareness of the costs and injustices of stranding the human capital of workers w/o college degrees is big deal and a huge credit to @byron_auguste and the @OpptyatWork team, including @DebroyPapia. Congratulations!

[Gates United States @GatesUS]

We believe in the potential of all people to learn and contribute their talents to our dynamic economy.

@allangolston highlights our work to support STARs alongside @OpptyatWork: https://t.co/D9d3xPKG1p

[Mark Muro @MarkMuro1]

Lots of rich discussion in this dialogue about experience-based workforce training @BrookingsMetro, moderated by @annelies_goger

@DebroyPapia @LilsG31 @KaporCenter

[Brookings Metro @BrookingsMetro]

Tune in on Nov 16 for a discussion on #TechInclusion featuring @annelies_goger from @Brookings Metro, @LilsG31 from @KaporCenter, @DebroyPapia from @OpptyatWork, Bryce Jackson from @BitwiseIndustries, Jacqui Watts from @Airbnb Register: https://t.co/AzKYEEqpVV

[Opportunity@Work @OpptyatWork]

Companies that value the skills workers gain through work experience will be able to capitalize on 70+ million STARs in the US.

See how you can build a more inclusive labor market with @DebroyPapia on @CapitalOne's Insights Center: https://t.co/W5OaNQFsMH

[SkillsRight @SkillsRightOrg]

Check out the latest research from our friends at @OpptyatWork on Black workers who are Skilled Through Alternative Routes (STARs) to learn where Black talent currently stands and how we can move forward. #BlackSTARs

🧵Read this thread for some highlights from the report!

[WorkingNation @WorkingNation]

There’s more than one way to rise at work. STARs manage it without a 4-year college degree. But they must overcome an #opportunitygap. @OpptyatWork’s @DebroyPapia talks to @RamonaWritesLA about the group’s new “Rise with the STARs” report on @Work_Podcast. https://t.co/chvwwr3C0B

[Steve Lohr @SteveLohr]

“These workers have been displaced from millions of the precise jobs that offer them upward mobilit.” - Papia Debroy, head of research for Opportunity@Work. https://t.co/2SgODwOn3m

[Papia Debroy @DebroyPapia]

STARs were systematically excluded for 20 years from precisely the pathways that offer trajectories to the middle class, despite having skills to do the work. We can make deliberate choices to change that. Thanks @SteveLohr for covering this important work from us @OpptyatWork.

[Steve Lohr @SteveLohr]

Signs of change recently, but still a corporate culture that too often neglects workers with skills but not four-year college degrees. New research from @OpptyatWork on the problem and barriers. https://t.co/2SgODwOn3m

[Price Center @ USC @USCPriceCSI]

Our Social Innovation Series is Back!
In just 3 days, we will be having a discussion with @DebroyPapia and Kate Naranjo of @OpptyatWork on opportunity gaps that exist between different methods of training in professional work.

Register below:
https://t.co/IQ5QIM1rQN

[HCEO @hceconomics]

.@pqblair, @DebroyPapia, & @justinheck find that an opportunity gap in access to higher wage work contributes to labor market inequality between workers with high school diplomas and workers with bachelor’s degrees https://t.co/0SsXfwaINh

[Dr. Peter Q. Blair @pqblair]

Good morning! At 10:40am today I presenting new work "Skills, Degrees and Labor Market Inequality" is joint with @DebroyPapia and @justinheck https://t.co/AeCbpd9iv1

[NBER @nberpubs]

The opportunity gap in moving to higher-wage work drives income inequality between workers with and without college degrees, from @pqblair, @DebroyPapia, and @justinheck https://t.co/j5QkXDCGsA

[William E. Spriggs @WSpriggs]

This chorus of voices is so important. This piece by @byron_auguste continues to push everyone to focus on wages--people are low wage. The problem is their wage. Please stop with the low skill.

[Equitable Growth @equitablegrowth]

The outsized impact of the coronavirus #recession on Black and Latinx workers threatens to reentrench racial and ethnic wage divides in the U.S. workforce. Read @LipstickEcon and @kzickuhr on the research: https://t.co/3UfbRL3JHJ #BlackHistoryMonth