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Inaugural J-PAL Health Care Delivery Innovation Competition Winners Announced
Four organizations will partner with J-PAL North America to evaluate substance abuse treatment, care integration, social-service delivery, and patient-engagement programs.
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August 2016 Newsletter
Read about new open online courses, winners of the US Health Care Delivery Initiative competition, an upcoming lecture on education in India, and more.
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September 2016 Newsletter
Read about our new online health research course, improving access to justice in Mexico, an upcoming lecture on political campaigns, and more.
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Brian Jacob
Brian Jacob is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy and Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan.
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New Affiliated Professors Join J-PAL
J-PAL welcomes seven new affiliated professors, including Eliana La Ferrara and Vincent Pons, who have done research on voter participation, media, and other topics in Europe and abroad. Read more about their research.
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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.
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State and local governments invited to apply for funding, support on pressing policy challenges
Selected governments will partner with MIT's J-PAL North America to test which programs work, which work best, and why.
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December 2016 Newsletter
J-PAL and MIT announce new MicroMasters and blended Master's programs in Data, Economics, and Development Policy, J-PAL is hiring for 140 positions, and more.
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January 2017 Newsletter
In 2017, a continued focus on moving from evidence to action, J-PAL South Asia launches a new initiative on child health, and more.
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Replication support for J-PAL evaluations now underway
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February 2017 Newsletter
J-PAL Director Esther Duflo underlines the importance of implementation details, 7,000 learners begin working toward the new online MicroMaster's degree, and more.
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Testing Legislator Responsiveness to Citizens and Firms in the Vietnamese National Assembly
Responsive governments have the ability to make laws and decisions that reflect their constituents’ preferences. However, legislators may lack necessary information about constituents’ opinions and may therefore be unable to meet their demands. Researchers measured whether providing targeted information about citizens’ and firms’ preferences to members of the Vietnamese National Assembly (VNA) increased legislators’ responsiveness. VNA delegates who received information about their citizens’ preferences were more prepared and likely to speak in debates; however, delegates did not appear to be responsive to information about local firms’ preferences. In addition, delegates grew more responsive as other delegates received the same information.
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March 2017 Newsletter
J-PAL celebrates International Women's Day by showcasing the evidence on women's empowerment and poverty reduction, including evaluations on family planning in Burkina Faso, female labor force participation in India, and girls' education in Benin.
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April 2017 Newsletter
As Earth Day approaches on April 22, we're highlighting J-PAL affiliated professors' 38 studies within our dedicated Environment & Energy sector. Researchers in the J-PAL network have shown that randomized evaluations have the potential to provide key policy insights, from industrial pollution...
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