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Gran parte de nuestros esfuerzos, resultados y logros son frecuentemente publicados en variados lugares del mundo en blogs, prensa escrita, podcasts y contenido en línea, entre otros.

March 2018 Newsletter

In the March 2018 newsletter, J-PAL announces the new Gender sector, shares videos from classrooms implementing an evidence-backed pedagogical approach in Zambia, and more.

Labour-monitoring technologies raise efficiency—and hard questions

The Economist discusses research by J-PAL affiliates Supreet Kaur, Michael Kremer, and Sendhil Mullainathan conducted in Mysore, India. In the randomized evaluation, data-entry workers whose payment was linked to their performance achieved big gains in output.

The Power of Religion

Women’s reservation bill will bridge the gender gap in political decision-making in India

J-PAL South Asia staff Sohini Mookherjee and Arindam Banerjee discuss evidence from J-PAL affiliates which found that women leaders positively impact policy decisions and rise aspirations among teenage girls.