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Study: Giving Out Cash in Uganda Helped After 4 Years. After 9 Years, Not So Much

Vox
Vox discusses research conducted by J-PAL affiliate Chris Blattman on cash transfers in Uganda that suggests the grants acted more like a kick start than a lift out of poverty.

Here’s a Cheap Way to Fight Drug Misuse: Send Doctors a Sharp Letter

A blog post on The New York Times' "The Upshot" explores the findings of a randomized evaluation conducted by J-PAL affiliate Adam Sacarny.

Bundled Payments Initiative Shows Progress

HealthLeaders discusses the first-year review of a study led by J-PAL affiliate Amy Finkelstein to examine in changes in discharge to institutional post-acute care after lower extremity joint replacement surgery among Medicare beneficiaries following implementation of the Comprehensive Care for...

September 2018 Newsletter

Learn about J-PAL's new Firms sector, explore research on reducing on increasing school participation by lowering costs, enroll in the MicroMasters in Data, Economics, and Development Policy courses, and more.

Turning an economics education into solutions with impact

It’s an ambitious goal: to change the status quo. Yet, this is just what Alan Al Yussef has set out to do. As one of the first people to earn the MITx Data, Economics, and Development Policy MicroMasters credential, he’s working to improve lives in the Middle East through a career in development...

A Simple Letter Can Shape Physician Behavior

POLITICO Pulse features the findings from J-PAL affiliate Adam Sacarny's randomized evaluation.