The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a global research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. Anchored by a network of more than 1,000 researchers at universities around the world, J-PAL conducts randomized impact evaluations to answer critical questions in the fight against poverty.
The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a global research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. Anchored by a network of more than 1,000 researchers at universities around the world, J-PAL conducts randomized impact evaluations to answer critical questions in the fight against poverty.
Our affiliated professors are based at over 120 universities and conduct randomized evaluations around the world to design, evaluate, and improve programs and policies aimed at reducing poverty. They set their own research agendas, raise funds to support their evaluations, and work with J-PAL staff on research, policy outreach, and training.
J-PAL Affiliated Professor
Chaired Professor
Paris School of Economics
Luc Behaghel is a Chaired Professor at the Paris School of Economics, Researcher and Director of Research at the National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), IZA Research fellow, co-director of CEPREMAP's Labor program, and a CREST affiliate. His research interests range from labor market and education policies to rural development issues. He has conducted several randomized evaluations on education and discrimination in France, as well as on agricultural technology adoption in developing countries. Luc earned his PhD from Marne-la-Vallée University.
Luc serves as Co-Chair of J-PAL Europe's Displaced Livelihoods Initiative and Humanitarian Protection Initiative. He has served on the review board of J-PAL's European Social Inclusion Initiative, and as a lecturer at J-PAL training events.