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 900 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.
Our research, policy, and training work is fundamentally better when it is informed by a broad range of perspectives.
Co-Líder, Health
J-PAL Affiliated Professor
Erwin H. Schell Professor of Management
Professor of Applied Economics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Joseph Doyle is the Erwin H. Schell Professor of Management and a Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Co-Chair of J-PAL's Health Sector. His research focuses in particular on child welfare and health. He studies the effects of foster care and other interventions on child outcomes, the returns on healthcare spending, and the role of health insurance on the quality of treatment provided to patients and health outcomes. Joseph received a PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago.
In addition to serving as Co-Chair of J-PAL's Health Sector, Joseph has served on the review board of J-PAL's Health Care Delivery Initiative and as a lecturer at J-PAL training events.