Andy de Barros
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Assistant Professor, Educational Policy & Evaluation @UCIrvine. Previously @MITEcon @jpal_sa @jpal_africa. Views my own
New York, NY
Joined December 2008
💻 Our 2025-26 virtual seminar series on the #IndianEconomy starts Oct. 15! 👩💼Speaker: Saloni Gupta @salonigupta435 👨💻Discussant: Andy de Barros @andydebarros 📊Organizers: Meera Mahadevan, @manaswini_rao, @sayahnika Register ➡️ https://t.co/Zj0Ca5ity8
#India #Economy
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Congratulations to @santiagojedar @JuanCamiloCri10 @andydebarros from @UCIEducation and @kelley_fong from @UCIsociology!
Congratulations to the 2025 NAEd/Spencer Fellowship Recipients! -
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We're putting together the Winter/Spring 2025 schedule for the @aefpweb #EdDev community group. Sign-up to present your work-in-progress here: https://t.co/68UtFK3c5E Here’s the link to join the listserv for the group and stay updated: https://t.co/WLcRWLtC1R
@toddpugatch
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Sign-up for presenting work-in-progress at the AEFP EdDev Community Group for Winter/Spring 2025. We meet at 11am ET for an hour every second Friday of the month. Please share the form with your...
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📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Shorter school weeks are sometimes pitched as a way to keep staff, but in Oregon, they led to higher teacher turnover, while non-teaching staff retention barely shifted. 🔍 Authors: @a_j_ainsworth, @EmilyKPenner, & @Yujia_Liu_20 📄 https://t.co/PRBAbWAsj6
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PostDoc posting: @sabrinbeg @christinalbrown #JimBerry @AnneFitz13 & I are hiring a 18 month post-doc for a super rad development/education project in India. In person @nberpubs or virtual. Jan 10 preferred start. Apply now! (and/or pls share) https://t.co/bo3zsSf0nE
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UCI's School of Education is hiring in the area of higher education. Candidates may use a broad set of methods, including econometrics, psychometrics, learning analytics, mixed methods, and qualitative research to inform evidence-based policy making. https://t.co/2F6kGoj8Ma
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P.S. while the blog post links to it, I should also link directly to the working paper:
documents.worldbank.org
The post-double selection Lasso estimator has become a popular way of selecting control variables when analyzing randomized experiments. This is done to try to improve .
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The @aefpweb EdDev (Scholars of Education in Developing Countries) Community Group fall season kicks off this Friday Sept 13 at 11am ET! Join us to hear Serena Canaan & Josep Nadal-Fernandez present work in progress. All are welcome! Contact me for Zoom link.
Reminder that the EdDev Community Group Monthly Meeting will happen on Friday 9/13 at 11 AM ET! Serena Canaan & Josep Nadal-Fernandez will present work in progress. Sign up to the community group via the AEFP website if you're not yet a member
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📣 The #EdDev community group @aefpweb 2024-25 Updates! @toddpugatch 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.
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The Weiss Fund is accepting research proposals from students, junior faculty and recent PhD grads until September 1. More information at https://t.co/bz9yKEeqyY and self-nomination form at
weissfund.uchicago.edu
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📢The Education Division at @the_IDB is hiring Education Specialists/Senior Associates. Join our team to lead policy dialogues, manage lending operations, and provide technical assistance to education systems in the LAC region. Apply and share! https://t.co/Z3XoikjkAi
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📢 New EdWorkingPaper: Automated parenting advice calls had mixed results, highlighting the complexities of tech-based interventions in developing settings. 🔍 Authors: @IrmaArteagaPhD, @andydebarros, and @aganimian 📖 Full text: https://t.co/LKdwHzuc5h
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NEW working paper: Early childhood programs w/ home visits & play (like Jamaica program) can work. But translating to v. poor contexts & reaching scale is hard. We (@mpblimpo @carneiro_econ Jervis & Lahire) study approaches to this problem in Gambia. 1/ https://t.co/dxYSMpPunt
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Please find below the links to the DECRG difference-in-difference course held on June 7, 10, and 11: Playlist: https://t.co/tRxBvyWXPz Introduction: https://t.co/Z0isxagCoG Day 1: https://t.co/NLZUK5oXaR Day 2:
It was a pleasure organizing and attending this course. The recorded videos will be available after the course and we will make sure to share them. Thank you @CdeChaisemartin !
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✨ Check out live quotes from the "Global Evidence for Egypt Spotlight Seminar on Digital Learning." For more, watch the full event on J-PAL's YouTube. This event was held in partnership with UNICEF Egypt.
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Here's another interesting paper on the NGO-effect in RCTs. The NGO-effect is one reason why findings from RCTs often do not scale. This one here is on an educational program in China. https://t.co/5byXB8GoBY
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The State of Development Journals 2024: Quality, Acceptance Rates, Review Times, and What’s New - my annual post on submission numbers, etc.
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Don't miss out on our upcoming TaRL Talks webinar series titled Empowering Educators: Insights on Effective Teacher Support for TaRL from Research and Practice! Join us as we explore the pivotal role of teacher support. Register here: https://t.co/4p72Kt4LZw
#TaRLTalks
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📣 The #EdDev community group @aefpweb will meet tomorrow, Fri (05/10) at 11am ET! @NKarachiwalla + @JEAllenIV will present their work in progress; Stephen Owusu + @prerna_dokania will discuss. DM me if you need an invite.
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🗓 Mark your Calendars! We are discussing how to support teachers better in TaRL programs in the 2nd ep of #TaRLTalks — TaRL Africa's webinar series. Speakers include experts from @BusaraCenter @BrookingsInst, TaRL Africa & UC Irvine. Register now: https://t.co/7s6IziQPl8
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