Diego Ubfal

Gender Group, World Bank

[I4R @I4Replication]

🧵1/ Our first meta-science paper (with 350+ coauthors) is published today in Nature. It presents one of the largest-ever reproducibility projects in economics & political science.

Here’s what we found 👇

[Diego Ubfal @diegoubfal]

Forthcoming AER: Insights paper on the long-run effects of working while in school. Results show persistent gains in earnings. Figure👇Paper: https://t.co/LYgFh8eso9
WP https://t.co/TJ6gBrDSSv
w @tlebarbanchon @FerrandoMery @noma_katzkowicz; @WorldBank #EconTwitter @AEAjournals

[Diego Ubfal @diegoubfal]

Forthcoming AER: Insights paper on the long-run effects of working while in school. Results show persistent gains in earnings. Figure👇Paper: https://t.co/LYgFh8eso9
WP https://t.co/TJ6gBrDSSv
w @tlebarbanchon @FerrandoMery @noma_katzkowicz; @WorldBank #EconTwitter @AEAjournals

[AEA Journals @AEAjournals]

Forthcoming in AER: Insights: "The Lasting Effects of Working while in School: A Long-Term Follow-Up" by Mery Ferrando, Noemí Katzkowicz, Thomas Le Barbanchon, and Diego Ubfal. https://t.co/pHkRbpIOGV

[Diego Ubfal @diegoubfal]

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: https://t.co/7cowpzVgmF #EconTwitter @WorldBank

[Diego Ubfal @diegoubfal]

Are Apps a game changer for women’s business training?
See our new blog on this based on a recent study:

https://t.co/WjhSPEEOQ8

[Kevin Carey @Kevin_Carey_WB]

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. https://t.co/UZTxJvbmIQ

[Diego Ubfal @diegoubfal]

Rethinking Business Training: Digital Challenges and In-Person Advantages for Women. Thanks @Dev_Discourse for an excellent blog on our paper.

https://t.co/VQYxef2gHD

[Diego Ubfal @diegoubfal]

Just published online at WBRO: Supporting Women-Led Businesses: Narrative Review of Recent Causal Evidence https://t.co/GjIqgbp36Z

[Diego Ubfal @diegoubfal]

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

[Diego Ubfal @diegoubfal]

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. https://t.co/pkpars9G6E

[Diego Ubfal @diegoubfal]

Highlights: 96% response rates in phone surveys, validation of null effect on formal jobs with snapshot from Social Security admin records.
https://t.co/6PUDpvyUgO
@AndrewBrudevold @africagil @WBG_Gender @poverty_action

[Diego Ubfal @diegoubfal]

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.
https://t.co/6PUDpvyUgO

[Diego Ubfal @diegoubfal]

News on latest research on #gender and #entrepreneurship:

1. Survey of the causal literature accepted @ World Bank Research Observer!
Read the working paper here: https://t.co/YTP1ZB5qPg

2. Don't miss the excellent conference next week at the IDB: https://t.co/Nfn6DEBZZB

[Todd Pugatch @toddpugatch]

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/ https://t.co/IzPqHa4YE4

[Diego Ubfal @diegoubfal]

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

[I4R @I4Replication]

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.
https://t.co/L2YwDDFMcE

[Diego Ubfal @diegoubfal]

Literature review on what works in supporting women-led businesses. Check the new version (motivating graph below): https://t.co/LwWgpUvgO5
#gender #entreprenuership @worldbank @wbg_gender @IFC_org

[Diego Ubfal @diegoubfal]

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

[Ministerio de Desarrollo Social de Panamá @midespanama]

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”.

[Faculti @FacultiNet]

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. https://t.co/B4zlTcU3he #econtwitter #economics