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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?
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September 2019 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's inaugural monthly newsletter highlights lessons from new research on housing mobility and economic opportunity, a blog series celebrating six years of the Health Care Delivery Initiative, and an evidence review on strategies to reduce and prevent homelessness.
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November 2019 North America Newsletter
In J-PAL North America's November newsletter, we celebrate J-PAL founders winning the Nobel Prize, introduce nine new partners, and recap Research Staff Training.
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December 2019 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's December newsletter celebrates the accomplishments of 2019, reflects on the importance of partnerships in our work, and discusses the impact of Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer's work on policymaking in the United States.
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January 2020 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's January newsletter highlights the randomized evaluation results of the groundbreaking Camden Core Model, the launch of the housing stability evaluation incubator, and our new mobility from poverty learning agenda.
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Nicholas Bloom
Nicholas Bloom is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Stanford University. Bloom's research interests include management practices, causes and consequences of uncertainty, and the effect of IT on factors such as tax, trade, and regulation.
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February 2020 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's February newsletter highlights J-PAL's Evaluating Social Programs course, recaps the Work of the Future Initiative's convening, and summarizes new evidence on the limits of outreach to increase take-up of the earned income tax credit.
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March 2020 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's March newsletter provides a COVID-19 update.
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April 2020 North America Newsletter
In J-PAL North America's April newsletter, we highlight research results synthesized by our affiliated researchers to guide evidence-informed responses to COVID-19.
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May 2020 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's May newsletter highlights Amy Finkelstein's new NEJM Perspective piece on improving health care delivery through randomized evaluations, J-PAL North America's new COVID-19 Evidence Portal, and the Evaluating Social Programs online webinar series.
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June 2020 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's June newsletter highlights a New York Times op-ed by affiliated researchers Sara Heller and Judd Kessler on the importance of restoring summer jobs in New York, COVID-19 guidelines for education funders, and evidence-based strategies to support small businesses.
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July 2020 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's July newsletter highlights a new policy insight on increasing community college graduation rates with comprehensive support programs, the launch of the Economics Transformation Project, and a new research resource on collecting electronic signatures.
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August 2020 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's August newsletter highlights a new blog post on how research can help combat the COVID-19 education crisis, our education technology evidence review, and an interview with affiliated researcher Sarah Cohodes.