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The Effects of Providing Post-training Assistance to Participants in Skill Development Programs amid the Covid-19 Crisis
Researchers conducted phone surveys with participants in skill development programs to identify students’ livelihood-related requirements after the onset of the pandemic. Data was collected on students’ employment status before and during the lockdown, migration status, challenges faced in searching...
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Anne Healy
Anne Healy is the Director of Evidence to Scale (E2S) at J-PAL where she supports the organization’s efforts to catalyze adoption at scale of evidence-based policies and programs and forge partnerships with policymakers and practitioners to improve evidence-based policymaking.
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Creating learning opportunities all along the bureaucratic ladder
Siddarth Pandit explains how Creating Learning Opportunities for Public Officials (C-LOP), hosted by J-PAL South Asia, seeks to transform the Indian state’s execution capacity by helping government organizations and officials acquire and improve upon the requisite skills to be successful in their...
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Andres Gomez
Andrés Gómez Assan is a Senior Finance and Administration Associate at J-PAL LAC where he mainly supports the financial operations to ensure projects’ regular and smooth development.
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J-PAL updates
February 2021 North America Newsletter
The February edition of J-PAL North America's monthly newsletter highlights the fifth round of State and Local Innovation Competition proposals, evidence for boosts in Earned Income Tax Credit, and research on the relationship between physical activity and mental health.
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Hala Elbehairy
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Claudia Ruiz-Tagle G.
Claudia Ruiz-Tagle is Associate Director of Finance and Administration at J-PAL LAC where she works on developing strategic plans, managing the Finance and Administration area, and supporting the Executive Management to fulfill financial sustainability.
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Diego Escobar Salce
Diego Escobar joined J-PAL LAC in 2015 and holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He is currently working on an evaluation examining the impact of providing information to parents and students about vocational education schools' academic and labor...
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Dan Levy
Dan Levy is a senior lecturer in public policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and the Director of Training for J-PAL. His current research focuses on CCT education interventions.
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Cristián Jara
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Covid-19 Response at J-PAL Africa
J-PAL Africa is working with J-PAL affiliated researchers and partners to understand and mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in the region.
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J-PAL updates
March 2021 Newsletter
Why do randomized evaluations answer so-called “small” questions about the efficacy of social programs? Learn about using evidence to design better social policies, building trust in healthcare systems surrounding Covid-19 vaccination, and more in the March 2021 newsletter.
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Leigh Linden
Leigh Linden is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin with a joint appointment in the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.
Evaluation
De-biasing Over-Optimism about Covid-19 Risks to Limit Vulnerable Individuals' Risky Behavior in India
Researchers are evaluating the impact of providing different types of information about the health risks of Covid-19 on individuals’ risky behavior among diabetic and hypertensive individuals in Tamil Nadu, India, with special attention to de-biasing over-optimism about personal health risk.
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The Data, Economics, and Development Policy master’s: Learning and connecting at MIT during Covid-19
We welcomed the second cohort of the Data, Economics, and Development Policy (DEDP) master’s program to campus in January. The students will earn their master’s degree in just eight months under a hybrid online and in-person model that allows the cohort to build community at MIT while accommodating...