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Drawing on research on how to improve take-up of the Earned Income Tax Credit, J-PAL North America Executive Director Quentin Palfrey argues that simple reminders can make a big difference in increasing benefit take-up, especially among those who need it most, in an op-ed in Governing Magazine.

J-PAL South Asia Policy Manager Vishnu Padmanabhan summarizes research from J-PAL affiliates on improving the productivity of government workers by simultaneously improving the recruitment and selection of public officials; enforcing incentives to reward performance or finding other ways to motivate...