Now Rafa de Hoyos, from the World Bank talks about the challenge for VET systems in Europe, to make sure that students get foundational skills, regardless of their background 💯 #TheEvent2024

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#OECDCentre4Skills at #TheEvent2024🇧🇪: a great initiative to bring VET providers together to build more momentum for an open ecosystem. Wonderful to share thoughts with Theodor Grassos, Chiara Riondino, Véronique Willems, Rafa de Hoyos, and Stefan Moritz. Thanks EfVET EVBB e.V. 🇪🇺 European Vocational Training Association - EVTA!

An impact evaluation (RCT) shows that a high school scholarship program in Mexico did not impact graduation rates or math and Spanish learning outcomes. Just published in "Economic Development and Cultural Change" with Orazio Attanasio and Costas Meghir journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72…

Proofs submitted! Yay! For me, always the scariest moment in the publication process. #GetYourManuscriptOut

Delighted to present today, to the under-sung heroes of the Congressional Budget Office U.S. CBO, new research on productivity effects of immigration by less-educated workers The 2024 update of my study with Ethan G. Lewis of a US work visa lottery—> nber.org/papers/w30589 Peterson Institute

Cash transfers to poor people *reduce* their expenditures in temptation goods such as alcohol and tobacco. Possibly the reason is that poverty leads to stress and anxiety, which increases people's tendency to use such substances.

No hay argumentos para justificar lo que Israel está haciendo en Gaza.

Discussing opportunities to multiply impact of European Social Funds. Looking forward to collaborate on this exciting journey Mario Nava Andriana Sukova Jeroen Jutte Loris Di Pietrantonio Ruth Paserman Patrick Premand Marina Wes Michal Rutkowski Indermit Gill

happy father's day

La IA es una poderosa herramienta para acelerar el aprendizaje de niños y jóvenes, y brinda soluciones para estudiantes, maestros y padres de familia. Conoce más en nuestro nuevo informe: La revolución de la IA en la Educación: Lo que hay que saber. wrld.bg/vtiW50SmOuR

Alex Rodriguez asked a question. Reggie Jackson answered it. (Shouts to the producer and rest of the desk for staying out of Reggie’s way and just letting him talk. I doubt they expected this answer. But it’s a great few minutes of television.)

“No hay Poder Judicial en el mundo cuyos miembros sean electos de arriba a abajo” “Si hay experiencias específicas y NO son necesariamente las mejores” “Y no tenemos ninguna necesidad de disruir lo que hemos construido después de muchos años” “Hacer elección del PJF se

"El sujeto ideal de un gobierno totalitario no es el nazi convencido o el comunista convencido, sino las personas para quienes la distinción entre realidad y ficción, verdadero y falso, ya no existe." Hannah Arendt.

Deliberately performing a missile strike on a hospital with kids who have cancer. What kind of a sick bastard does that? This is not just "Putin". There are many people who planned that, gave the orders, prepared the missiles and aircraft, etc. They have completely lost their

Preschool in Mexico: good for academic performance and socioemotional skills at the end of primary school, and good for total school attainment two decades later. weilongzhang.com/uploads/1/2/3/…

Inequality: The IFS Deaton Review Institute for Fiscal Studies The whole evidence volume of the Review, with clickable links to the remarkable set of commissioned articles across the many dimensions of inequality, now published open access by OUP, follow the link at ifs.org.uk/inequality/dir…

¡Enhorabuena, Florencia! Estoy seguro vas a hacer una contribución gigante. 🤗

What does the IMF do? imf.org/about

📣 The #EdDev community group AEFP 2024-25 Updates! Todd Pugatch and I are excited to co-chair this year! We will meet online on the second Friday of every month at 11am ET. Two presenters will share their work-in-progress followed by quick reflections from two volunteers.