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November 2016 Newsletter

Read about our new efforts to support research transparency and reproducibility (including a paid graduate student fellowship), new affiliated researchers, and more.

Promoting policies that work: Six steps for the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking

Making better use of existing data can improve how government programs operate. In this op-ed, J-PAL North America's Executive Director Quentin Palfrey offers six concrete steps the bipartisan Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking can take now to make using administrative data to evaluate...

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Study: With Medicaid, ER visits remain high for two years

People enrolled in Medicaid significantly increase their emergency room visits for at least two years after they first sign up, according to a new study led by affiliates Katherine Baicker (Harvard) and Amy Finkelstein (MIT). The finding will likely surprise those health care experts who have...