J-PAL North America, based at MIT, leads J-PAL’s work in the North America region. J-PAL North America conducts randomized evaluations, builds partnerships for evidence-informed policymaking, and helps partners scale up effective programs.
Our work spans a wide range of sectors including health care, housing, criminal justice, education, and economic mobility. We leverage research by affiliated professors from universities across the continent and a full-time staff of researchers, policy experts, and administrative professionals to generate and disseminate rigorous evidence about which anti-poverty social policies work and why.
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Scaling effective solutions for economic opportunity: Insights from Results for America’s Economic Mobility Catalog
This blog discusses the Economic Mobility Catalog, a tool for boosting effective anti-poverty policies by featuring evidence-backed pathways to economic mobility via synthesized research, implementation best practices, and case studies.
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January 2025 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's January newsletter features exciting new policy ideas for government leaders looking to implement evidence-based solutions as they enter new terms. Specifically, a Federation of American Scientists Day One memo on sectoral employment training and the Results for America's Economic Mobility Catalog.
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Partner Spotlight: How AJ Gutierrez is increasing educational equity through collaboration and evaluation
In this Evidence Champion series, J-PAL North America is recognizing individuals in our network who have made extraordinary contributions to the field of evidence-based policymaking. This year’s partner recipient is AJ Gutierrez, Co-Founder and Chief of Policy and Public Affairs at Saga Education.
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Researcher Spotlight: Alicia Sasser Modestino on boosting youth employment through trust and partnership
In this Evidence Champion series, J-PAL North America is recognizing individuals in our network who have made extraordinary contributions to the field of evidence-based policymaking. This year's researcher recipient is Alicia Sasser Modestino, Executive Director of the Community to Community Impact...