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Parcourez les articles de presse, médias en ligne, blogs, podcasts et vidéos sur notre travail et la recherche de nos affiliés, ainsi que nos communiqués et lettres d'information, par année. Nous invitons les médias à nous contacter par courriel

September 2019 Newsletter

In our September 2019 newsletter, How can RCTs help us reduce conflict and violence?, Helping small businesses in Egypt engage with foreign markets, and more.

September 2019 North America Newsletter

J-PAL North America's inaugural monthly newsletter highlights lessons from new research on housing mobility and economic opportunity, a blog series celebrating six years of the Health Care Delivery Initiative, and an evidence review on strategies to reduce and prevent homelessness.

Parents know better than standardized tests

J-PAL affiliate Eric Bettinger and his research team found that students who won a lottery for a voucher in Colombia were 17% more likely to complete high school on time than students who lost the lottery.

A scientific approach to evaluating global anti-poverty programs

J-PAL affiliate Dean Karlan is interviewed on PBS NewsHour about rigorously evaluating an anti-poverty intervention in Ethiopia.

The Myth of Welfare Dependency

Recent research by affiliated researcher Rema Hanna suggests that the longer low-income families receive stable and predictable support, the better they and their children do.