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Innovative Actions to Improve Student Integration in France (FRATELI)
In France, researchers examined the effect of job-related mentoring and support for university students from low socio-economic backgrounds on their chances of finding employment after graduating. The program did not result in improved job search efforts, greater employment prospects, or better jobs.
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Quick guide to power calculations
This resource is intended for researchers who are designing and assessing the feasibility of a randomized evaluation with an implementing partner. We outline key principles, provide guidance on identifying inputs for calculations, and walk through a process for incorporating power calculations into...
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Building research partnerships to create moves to opportunity
J-PAL affiliate and Director of Opportunity Insights Raj Chetty reflects on partnering with J-PAL North America to evaluate an intervention called Creating Moves to Opportunity, which aims to help lower-income families in the United States to move to higher-opportunity areas.
Evaluation
Teaching Girls Negotiation Skills in Zambia
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Cristián Larroulet
Cristian Larroulet holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He joined J-PAL in 2010, as a master's student, to work on a project about the role of information in high school enrollment decisions. After some years working for J-PAL LAC...
Evaluation
Improving Financial Access through Microcredit for Women in Mexico
Researchers expanded microcredit offerings in Sonora, Mexico to evaluate the effect of improved credit access on economic and social outcome. They found that microcredit increased access to formal financial services and enabled some businesses to expand, but did not increase household income or prompt new business creation.
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Evidence on Effects of and Rationales for Subsidized Entrepreneurship Training in the United States
Subsidizing entrepreneurship training in the United States did not improve access to training services or promoted employment among groups affected by discrimination.
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Incentivizing Safe Sex in Rural Tanzania
In Tanzania, researchers examined whether making cash payments conditional on testing negative for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can improve safe sex practices among young adults. They found that offering cash incentives of US$20 significantly reduced STI rates after one year, although smaller incentives of US$10 had no effect.