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Foundational learning first: a joint statement on education in the time of COVID-19
More than one billion students have been out of school due to COVID-19. Data from past crises suggest large and lasting impacts on education, especially girls’ re-enrollment and learning loss. For this reason, J-PAL and partners have recently released a joint statement on the importance of focusing...
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How J-PAL's Evaluating Social Programs course catalyzed a new approach to impact evaluation in Virginia
In this guest post, Massey Whorley, Director of Innovation and Strategic Initiatives at the Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS), shares insights from attending J-PAL’s Evaluating Social Programs Course and how it informed efforts to design and implement randomized evaluations of VDSS...
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Voting and Habit Formation in the United States
During the 1998 state and federal elections and the 1999 city elections in New Haven, Connecticut, researchers found that face-to-face canvassing and direct mail appeals significantly increased voter turnout not only during the election year but also in the election a year after.
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Sharon Barnhardt
Sharon Barnhardt is the Director – Research at the Centre for Social and Behavioural Change at Ashoka University. Her research focuses on issues of urban development and rural health, through the use of natural and randomized evaluations in India.