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Diego Ubfal @diegoubfal

Gender Group, World Bank

Joined March 2017
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Diego Ubfal retweeted
I4R@I4Replication
Apr 1
🧵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 👇
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Diego Ubfal retweeted
Diego Ubfal@diegoubfal
Feb 2
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
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Jan 30
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. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.12…
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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

The Lasting Effects of Working while in School : A Long-Term Follow-Up

This paper provides the first experimental evidence on the long-term effects of work-study programs, leveraging a randomized lottery design from a national program in .

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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…

Are Apps a game changer for women’s business training? A cautionary tale from Ethiopia

This blog, by Rachel Cassidy, Menaal Fatima Ebrahim, and Diego Javier Ubfal, explores the effectiveness of app-based business training for women entrepreneurs in Ethiopia. Despite high initial...

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Kevin Carey@Kevin_Carey_WB
14 Feb 2025
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-…
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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…

Rethinking Business Training: Digital Challenges and In-Person Advantages for Women | Other

A World Bank study comparing app-based and in-person training for women entrepreneurs in Ethiopia found high initial engagement but low digital completion rates, with neither method significantly...

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Just published online at WBRO: Supporting Women-Led Businesses: Narrative Review of Recent Causal Evidence academic.oup.com/wbro/articl…

Supporting Women-Led Businesses: Narrative Review of Recent Causal Evidence

Abstract. Innovative women entrepreneurs can be agents of change and offer novel solutions to global challenges. However, they face multiple barriers to gr

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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…

Testing the Promise of Digital Scaling : In-Person versus App-Based Training for Women Entrepreneurs

Business training has long been a staple of development policy, with annual expenditures exceeding US$ 1 billion in low- and middle-income countries. The vast majority of .

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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
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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…

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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
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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…

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Diego Ubfal retweeted
Todd Pugatch@toddpugatch
24 Jun 2024
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…

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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
8 Apr 2024
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…
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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
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

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
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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
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27 Sep 2023
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”.
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Diego Ubfal retweeted
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13 Sep 2023
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
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