Thanks David McKenzie for highlighting our papers. In Haiti & El Salvador, we find that entrepreneurial skills training for online freelancing doesn't seem to be enough to improve labour market outcomes on digital marketplaces. Richard Freund Dulce Baptista Maria Victoria Fazio

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Can online job training help young people break into digital work? A study in El Salvador found that a 12-week training increased initial freelancing success and participants were 54% more likely to get a contract! 📈 But long-term job prospects remained low. #FutureOfWork The

The freelancing sector is expanding, yet significant barriers persist. 🖥️ An entrepreneurial skills training program in El Salvador led to short-term gig success. However, after one year, freelancing comprised less than 4% of participants' income. What factors are limiting