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Tijan L. Bah

@tijanl

Economist @ Gender Unit, World Bank | Ph.D @NOVAunl @SorbonneParis1 | BSc @UniOfGambia | Development, Gender, Migration, & Labour Economics. Views my own.

Joined October 2015
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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/articl…


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The @WorldBank Young Professionals Program is open Sept 1-30. Your development expertise could make a real impact. Join us and tackle global challenges! Apply here: wrld.bg/AN5950T7eI4 #WBGYPP

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Congratulations to @EggerDennis @jhaushofer @tedmiguel @PaulFNiehaus @mwwalkerecon 🎉🎉 @EggerDennis discussed this important research on cash transfers and the wider economy on a previous episode of #VoxDevTalks. Listen here: voxdev.org/topic/public-e…

ECMA is happy to announce the 2024 Frisch Medal has been awarded to Dennis Egger, Johannes Haushofer, Edward Miguel, Paul Niehaus, & Michael Walker for their outstanding paper: General equilibrium effects of cash transfers: experimental evidence from Kenya econometricsociety.org/prizes/frisch-…



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🚨 Call for Papers 🚨 2024 @NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development @NovaSBE on June 27-28 Submit your paper by Feb 15: bit.ly/3Hffiff Keynotes: Seema Jayachandran @seema_econ David McKenzie @dmckenzie001 Chris Udry @chrisudry #NOVAFRICA2024 #EconTwitter

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Our paper "Can information and alternatives to irregular migration reduce “backway” migration from The Gambia?" has been published in the Journal of Development Economics Joint work with @tijanl @GubertF @dmckenzie001 Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jdev…

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Now out in the JDE & free for next 50 days at the link below "Can Information and alternatives to irregular migration reduce “backway” migration from the Gambia?" - this paper went through the registered report process, which was a great experience 1/5 authors.elsevier.com/a/1hXkO15DRG45…


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4️⃣ways by @JaimeSaavedra22 & Hana Brixi to remove barriers affecting girls’ #education: Shifting stereotypes that affect #learning Making schools safe Shifting norms hindering girls Supporting young women to transition to the labor market ℹ️ wrld.bg/jV4A50NbjOZ #IWD2023

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Interested in how to support women-led businesses? Do you work with #womenentrepreneurs? See this new survey of literature and key policy interventions prepared for the World Bank Gender Strategy Update @worldbank @wbg_gender @IFC_org hdl.handle.net/10986/38564 Comments welcome!


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🚨@novafrica Job Market Candidate 2022/2023🚨 In his JMP @sleeffers asks: Many governments provide disaster preparedness information, but does this change people’s behavior? Stefan used a large-scale RCT in flood-prone urban Mozambique to show it does! @NovaSBE #EconTwitter

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“Inclusivity is not a tick-box exercise.” –@MandyRambharos Did you miss our #COP27 event on why women and girls are key to effective climate action? Watch the full event here: wrld.bg/SxFh50LGqGm #ClimateActionWBG #InvestInPeople #COP27


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Join us tomorrow for the @JPAL_Africa pre-PhD webinar! And register for @NovaSBE Phd in Economics session Tuesday, Nov 22, 1:30pm: bit.ly/3hGh4g6 Check the profile of our brilliant African PhD graduates for inspiration! @Baba_Yara @tijanl And PhD Director @ARMANDalex

📢Are you an African prospective PhD Student? Join @JPAL_Africa pre-PhD webinar on how to get into Economics graduate programs, on November 17 from 2-3pm GMT @cbatista_econ @novafrica @novasbe scientific director will be there to clarify any questions ➡️bit.ly/3fX7ULz

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Our recent Poverty and Gender Assessment examines the structural challenges to securing a robust and inclusive recovery from the pandemic and sustained progress in poverty reduction and gender equality in The Gambia. Full report here- documents.worldbank.org/en/publication…


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Supporting women’s empowerment and #genderequalitypays dividends, including reaching climate goals. Our #COP27 event will showcase engagements that are supporting women's empowerment, including one by @IFC_org partner @BIXCap : wrld.bg/bsZB50LBlJO #ClimateActionWBG


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If only we’d just done a before-after: an experiment to reduce irregular migration from The Gambia when it reduced anyway, and learning from an experiment with a rare outcome - based on work with @tijanl @cbatista_econ & @GubertF blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluati…


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How should development economists think about the range of feasible migration policies? Join me, @ctheoharides & @tijanl for the last lecture of the @The_IGC /BREAD Virtual PhD course this Thursday 10am-11:30am Eastern Time. Register here theigc.org/event/bread-ig…


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Grab this opportunity! The call for papers for the pre-conference PhD Workshop on #Economic #Development is open. The initiative of @novafrica PhD students will take place on June 21 at @NovaSBE campus in Lisbon, Portugal. bit.ly/3IxjEwq

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Are you an African student who is interested in pursuing graduate school in the U.S? Join us in March 21-22 to discuss the application process for Ph.D programs in Economics. Speakers include Africans who did their undergraduate degrees in Africa and pursued their PhDs in the U.S

👩‍🎓The NCID is happy to announce the 2nd joint workshop with @Penn for African undergraduate economic students wanting to pursue a graduate degree in the U.S and top PhD programmes. Info & registration: ncid.unav.edu/en/events/empo…

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Nuestros investigadores @javier_larequi y @tijanl han publicado un artículo en @Conversation_E sobre las recientes elecciones en Gambia: "La compleja estabilidad de un país donde se vota con canicas". theconversation.com/gambia-la-comp…


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The call for papers for the 2022 @novafrica Conference on Economic Development is out! It will take place on June 22-23 at @NovaSBE campus in Lisbon, Portugal. ➡️ bit.ly/3r4L9H9

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🚨Scholarship🚨 #EconTwitter We're looking for candidates to join our research-oriented Master in Economics and Finance (MEF) at @EconomUnav What do we offer? - 80% tuition fee reduction - Monthly stipend (while studying MEF) - Possibility of an extra year after MEF (RAship)


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