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Encouraging adherence to preventive health guidelines during a pandemic: Lessons from rigorous Covid-19 evidence
This note provides an overview of the evidence from randomized evaluations that has come out during the Covid-19 pandemic thus far to combat these barriers. These general lessons on increasing uptake of healthy behaviors and improving the delivery of health products and services may be of value in...
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The Impact of Messaging and Incentives on Survey Response Rates to Understand Barriers COVID-19 Testing in the United States
To better understand barriers to COVID-19 testing for underserved communities, researchers evaluated the impact of varying flyer messaging and survey incentive rates on survey responses. Researchers will use survey responses to identify the most important barriers to testing and potential community leaders to effectively disseminate vital public health information. This research is ongoing. Results forthcoming.
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The Impact of Virtual Summer Instruction on Student Learning Loss during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
COVID-19 school closures have led to widespread student learning loss in the United States. Researchers are evaluating the impact of individualized, virtual summer instruction on redressing these losses. This project is ongoing. Results forthcoming.
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Carmen Alvarez
Carmen Alvarez worked in Chile's Ministry of Social Development and the Innovation Division of the Ministry of Economy prior to joining J-PAL in 2013. She worked within J-PAL's Research Group for several months and is currently supporting the Policy Group.
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Evaluating Social Programs 2020 Webinar Series
Join us daily from 11am-12:30pm EDT for this free, week-long webinar training series on Evaluating Social Programs. Throughout the week, these webinars will provide an introduction to why and how randomized evaluations can be used to rigorously measure social impact.
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Donald Green
Donald P. Green is the John William Burgess Professor at Columbia University, having moved there in 2011 after 22 years at Yale University.
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J-PAL Updates
J-PAL eNews December 2010
Chilean Ministry invites J-PAL to convene Commission on innovative social programs.
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November J-PAL eNews
New policy briefcase: Exposing corrupt politicians; new paper on J-PAL's cost-effectiveness methods; J-PAL collaborates with South African government on labor market research.
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Gujarat adopts reforms after impact study shows they reduce pollution
Environmental authorities in Gujarat, India, reform their environmental auditing system based on findings from a large-scale randomized evaluation conducted in partnership with J-PAL affiliates from Harvard, MIT, the University of Chicago, and Yale. The new guidelines require environmental auditors...
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New Government Partnership Initiative expands use of antipoverty policies that work
Created thanks to a generous grant by Community Jameel, GPI will expand work with the biggest players in social and development policy—governments—to design, evaluate, and scale up programs that aim to reduce poverty. "Many governments are eager to innovate and test new approaches to fighting...
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eNews - September 2015
White House supports use of behavioral science insights in policymaking | Researchers discuss field experiments in labor economics and social policies at Paris conference | Featured Professor: Lisa Cameron | J-PAL Africa Executive Education: January 18-22, 2016
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Anti-poverty strategy offers sustained benefit for world’s ultra-poor, says new study in Science
A new six-country study shows a comprehensive approach for the ultra-poor, the approximately one billion people who live on less than $1.25 a day, boosted livelihoods, income, and health. Published in Science, the research tested the effectiveness of an approach known as the “Graduation model” in...
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Alan Gerber
Alan Gerber is Sterling Professor of Political Science, Director of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, and Professor of Economics and of Statistics and Data Science at Yale University where he teaches courses on experimental methods, statistics, and American politics.