J-PAL North America, based at MIT, leads J-PAL’s work in the North America region. J-PAL North America conducts randomized evaluations, builds partnerships for evidence-informed policymaking, and helps partners scale up effective programs.
Our work spans a wide range of sectors including health care, housing, criminal justice, education, and economic mobility. We leverage research by affiliated professors from universities across the continent and a full-time staff of researchers, policy experts, and administrative professionals to generate and disseminate rigorous evidence about which anti-poverty social policies work and why.
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Blog
Blog
Beyond legal evidence: An interview with Judge Veronica Galván on evaluating judicial programs
This blog features an interview with Judge Veronica Galvan, a member of the King County Superior Court, on the role of evaluating judicial programs.
Blog
Blog
Scaling effective solutions for economic opportunity: Insights from Results for America’s Economic Mobility Catalog
This blog discusses the Economic Mobility Catalog, a tool for boosting effective anti-poverty policies by featuring evidence-backed pathways to economic mobility via synthesized research, implementation best practices, and case studies.
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J-PAL updates
February 2025 North America Newsletter
In this month's newsletter, we announce J-PAL North America’s new Initiative for Effective US Crime Policy and share new research results from the field.