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August 2021 North America Newsletter

J-PAL North America's August newsletter features our new qualitative blog series "Strengthening randomized evaluations with qualitative research;" new results from a randomized evaluation of a nationwide Facebook messaging campaign featuring physician-recorded video messages; and a blog post sharing...

Schools Will Spend Millions on Tutoring This Year — Here’s How to Do It Right

Kimberly Dadisman from J-PAL North America writes about how evidence-based research can be used to improve the effectiveness of tutoring programs.

Social media messages from health care workers help reduce travel-related Covid-19 spread

J-PAL North America highlights a nationwide evaluation on the impact of social media messaging on reducing holiday travel and decreasing subsequent Covid-19 infection rates.

Messages from healthcare workers delivered over Facebook reached millions, reducing 2020 holiday travel and Covid-19 spread

A randomized evaluation of a nationwide information campaign on Facebook found that short messages from physicians and nurses had a significant impact on reducing holiday travel and decreasing subsequent Covid-19 infection rates. Researchers found that the campaign, which reached almost 30 million...

Gen Z Wants to Go Back to the Office, Just Not Full-Time

The Washington Post features a study by J-PAL affiliate in an article about young adult preferences for working from home.

COVID messages from doctors change behaviors across racial lines

The Harvard Gazette writes about a study by J-PAL affiliates on whether targeted messaging during COVID-19 changes behavior across racial lines.

August 2021 Newsletter

In the August 2021 Newsletter, highlighted studies and programs that address Covid-19 challenges, the role of parental engagement in children's education, ways to address health worker absenteeism, how J-PAL affiliated professors are working to drive evidence-informed policymaking, and more.

Yale scholars help test mechanism to reduce India’s deadly air pollution

This article highlights work by J-PAL affiliates on the world’s first pilot Emission Trading System, aimed to reduce India’s deadly air pollution