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When cash giving doesn’t work

Vox
J-PAL affiliated researchers Brian Jacob's and Julian Jamison's studies on the effects of unconditional cash transfers in the US are cited in an article by Vox seeking to explain why recent cash transfer research in the US tends to show insignificant results.

Randomized controlled trial finds women’s help desks in local police stations in India increased registration of cases of gender-based violence; scale-up in progress

A randomized control trial by J-PAL affiliate Sandip Sukhtankar and co-authors Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner and Akshay Mangla found that police help desks that were staffed by women registered more domestic incidence reports than those without. The findings are significant given the high rates of gender...

Covid learning loss has been a global disaster

The Economist
In an article about how COVID-related school disruptions have led to a loss of learning, The Economist mentions J-PAL founder and Nobel Prize winner Abhijit Banerjee and Teaching at the Right Level, a program evaluated by J-PAL affiliated researchers that showed improvements in educational outcomes...

How police reforms improved the way officers treat women in India

Nature
Nature reports on J-PAL affiliated researcher Sundip Sukhtankar's findings that having help desks staffed by female officers increased the police registration of crimes reported by women in India.

FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Launches National Effort to Support Student Success

The White House
As part of the launch of the National Effort to Support Student Success, the White House cited a study by J-PAL North America Executive Director Vincent Quan and J-PAL Co-Chair of the Education Initiative Phillip Oreopoulos on the benefits of high-quality tutoring programs on educational attainments...

June 2022 North America Newsletter

J-PAL North America's June 2022 newsletter features ongoing collaboration with the Puerto Rico Department of Education, replication data from the Health Care Hotpotting evaluation and lessons learned for sharing replication data, and a spotlight on former executive director Mary Ann Bates.

These experiments could lift millions out of dire poverty

Nature
Nature discusses how the findings of randomized control trials, such as those led by J-PAL executive committee member Dean Karlan, are being used by governments to reduce poverty.

June 2022 Newsletter

In the June newsletter, we highlight our new blog series on social programs in Africa, the one-year anniversary of JOI Brazil, and some exciting upcoming events in July.