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Preventing intimate partner violence by engaging men: Evidence from Unite for Better Life in Ethiopia
A growing body of evidence suggests that gender inequality, especially social norms that endorse violence against women, is one of the main drivers of IPV. What programs can effectively build more gender equitable attitudes and behaviors, and do these behaviors translate into reductions in violence...
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Diego Verdugo
Diego Verdugo joined J-PAL in January 2013 and is a Senior Research Manager. He is currently working on the evaluation of the program Chile Sano, which measures the impact of a dental treatment on labor market outcomes of economically vulnerable people.
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Announcing the AEA RCT Registry’s new metadata repository
In 2013, J-PAL began a collaboration with the American Economic Association to create the AEA’s RCT Registry. Now, users can browse registry metadata with ease using monthly data snapshots uploaded to the Harvard Dataverse by J-PAL. These snapshot datasets let users access registry metadata, cite to...
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Mapping the impact of COVID-19 on firms in LMICs: A snapshot from ongoing surveys
To understand how the pandemic has altered the business landscape in LMICs, J-PAL’s Firms Sector is synthesizing results from surveys conducted by J-PAL affiliates and invited researchers on the impact of COVID-19 on micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) around the world. This snapshot...
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An agenda for climate change research in North America
As part of a blog series on J-PAL’s work related to climate change, this post highlights J-PAL North America’s contributions to the evidence base in environment, energy, and climate change to date and articulates our agenda for catalyzing more policy-relevant research.
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Andrés González
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Anne Thibault
Anne Thibault joined J-PAL in February 2013. Before assuming the position of Interim Executive Director at J-PAL LAC, she worked as the Deputy Executive Director. Prior to that, she was a Senior Training Manager for more than three years, leading J-PAL’s capacity building initiatives to promote the...
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Jorge García Hombrados
Jorge García joined J-PAL in March 2013 as a Research Analyst. Previously he has worked as a Research Assistant at the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) and at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS).
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Jeanne Lafortune
Jeanne Lafortune is a Full Professor in the Department of Economics at Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Her primary fields of interest are labor and development economics, with a particular interest in family economics.
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October 2019 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America October newsletter highlights a new Evaluation Toolkit on how to design and implement randomized evaluations, results from two randomized evaluations of workplace wellness programs, and a case study building on the generalizability framework.
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Can digital technology help create a more gender-equal society?
Despite considerable progress in achieving gender parity, inequalities faced by women remain a major global challenge. Can access to the right financial tools support women’s empowerment and result in better outcomes for not only women but also children, household welfare, and the wider community?