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August 2017 Newsletter

Dive into J-PAL affiliates' research in education in this issue of the newsletter. Learn how J-PAL Africa is helping scale up an education program in Zambia, read up on the research on school enrollment and attendance, and more.

More jobs, less crime

Summer employment programs serve thousands of disadvantaged young people across the United States each year. A growing body of evidence, including a number of evaluations by several J-PAL affiliates, shows that these programs can lower violent crime rates among youth.

The UBI Debate: What We Know – and Don’t Know – About Universal Basic Income

If universal transfers are not fiscally or politically feasible, a promising intervention is to send cash transfers to those who meet some eligibility criteria. Evidence from Indonesia on how to accurately and cost-effectively identify eligible individuals can help inform the design of cash transfer...