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Raj Chetty on Economic Mobility

EconTalk
Raj Chetty of Harvard University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about Chetty's recent co-authored study in Nature where he finds that poor people in America who are only connected to other poor people do dramatically worse financially than poor people who are connected to a wider array of...

August 2022 Newsletter

In our August 2022 Newsletter, we feature new policy insights on taxpayer compliance, a recap of a seminar held by the Morocco Employment Lab, and upcoming MicroMasters training.

J-PAL expands evidence-to-policy government partnerships to fight poverty worldwide in collaboration with Community Jameel, Co-Impact

In August, we announced a significant expansion of our efforts to forge evidence-to-policy partnerships with innovative-minded governments seeking to use rigorous research to inform their social policies and programs.

J-PAL expands evidence-to-policy government partnerships to fight poverty worldwide

MIT News
In an op-ed for MIT News, J-PAL announced a US$6 million partnership with Community Jameel and Co-Impact to improve the lives of at least 6 million people affected by poverty by expanding evidence-to-policy partnerships with governments.

Odisha to introduce gender equality programme in over 20,000 govt. schools

Times Now
Times Now wrote about a partnership between the Department of School and Mass Education in Odisha, Breakthrough, and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia to introduce gender equity in school curriculum.

Government of Odisha partners with Breakthrough and J-PAL South Asia to introduce gender equity program in 23,000 government schools in the state

The Government of Odisha’s Department of School and Mass Education today announced its partnership with Breakthrough and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia to integrate a gender equity curriculum into the syllabus for students across government schools in the state.

Veddis Foundation and J-Pal through ASPIRE Host National Leaders to Boost Governance and State Capacity in India at The/Nudge Forum’s ‘charcha 2022’

India Education Diary
J-PAL South Asia through ASPIRE and the Veddis Foundation hosted a panel to discuss the strengthening evidence-informed policymaking in a post-pandemic India. Panelists included J-PAL Global Executive Director Iqbal Dhaliwal and J-PAL South Asia Executive Director Shobhini Mukerji.

Women officers must be on front lines of policing

Hindustan Times
J-PAL affiliate Sandip Sukhtankar and co-authors Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner and Akshay Mangla wrote an op-ed about their study based in India that found that staffing women at police help desks increased reporting of violence against women.