LAC Early work seminars: Labor markets

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J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is thrilled to announce the first session of our “Early Work Seminars,” dedicated to fostering the generation of scientific evidence in the fight against poverty, by promoting and supporting the research of scholars working on randomized impact evaluations in the region. 

These hands-on sessions are designed to provide an academic forum where researchers can present their early work in randomized evaluations, and receive valuable feedback from scholars within the J-PAL LAC network. 

The first session will focus on labor markets and be held on July 26 online, at 9 am CLT. It will be hosted by J-PAL LAC Co-Scientific Director Jeanne Lafortune (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) and J-PAL invited researcher Gabriel Ulyssea (University College London). It is co-organized by the Millennium Nucleus on the Evolution of Work. 

 

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Agenda

9:00 | Welcome
Jeanne Lafortune (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Co-Scientific Director, J-PAL LAC)

9:05 | Project “Pix usage by small firms: adoption determinants and impacts”
Researchers: J-PAL invited researcher Giorgia Barboni (University of Warwick); Bernardo de Oliveira Guerra Ricca; Jose Renato Haas Ornelas; Lucas Mariani; Natalie Theys
Presenter: Bernardo de Oliveira Guerra Ricca (Insper)

10:00 | Project “Bridging the Soft Skills Gap Through Technology”
Researchers: J-PAL invited researchers Emily Beam (University of Vermont) and Laia Navarro-Sola (Stockholm University), with Ricardo Dahis and Ursula Mello
Presenter: Ursula Mello (Insper)

10:55 | Break

11:10 | Project “Keeping girls on the STEM track: Role model effect and its mechanisms”
Researchers: J-PAL invited researcher Fernanda Ramírez-Espinoza (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Presenter: Fernanda Ramírez-Espinoza (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Invited Researcher, J-PAL)

12:05 | Project “Mentorship networks and the early career outcomes of college-educated women in Brazil”
Researchers: J-PAL invited researcher Ana Paula Melo (Howard University) with Ursula Mello and Maria Oaquim
Presenter: Maria Oaquim (Princeton University)

 

Each session will have time for comments of the discussants and questions from the audience.

*Three of the four projects have Jobs and Opportunity Initiative Brazil (JOI Brazil) funding. Learn more about JOI Brazil projects »