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Randomized Evaluation of the Nurse Family Partnership in South Carolina
Researchers are evaluating the impact of an intensive nurse home visiting program for low-income mothers on pregnancy and birth outcomes, child health and development, and future life-courses for the family. The program had no effect on adverse birth outcomes or prenatal outcomes such as health care utilization; the other categories of outcomes are still being evaluated.
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Stephen Taylor
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Sharon Wolf
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Macartan Humphreys
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J-PAL’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
J-PAL recognizes that there is a lack of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the field of economics and in our field of work. Read on to learn more about the actions we are taking to address this.
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Can Pollution Markets Work in Developing Countries? Experimental Evidence from India
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Foreign multinational enforcement of local workplace safety laws in Bangladesh
A researcher partnered with the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety, a consortium formed by US multinational companies, to evaluate the impact of privately enforcing local labor laws on garment factories in Bangladesh. Enforcing the legally-required creation and operation of workplace safety committees increased factories’ compliance with the labor law and some measures of factory safety, without reducing factory efficiency. These effects persisted in the long run and were stronger among factories with good managerial practices.
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Household Water Connections in Tangier, Morocco
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to look at the effect of private connections in a setting where most households already had access to high-quality water through public taps. They found that households had a high willingness to pay for piped water, and while home water connection had no impact on waterborne illness, households' self-reported happiness improved substantially.
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Ride-Hailing Services to Increase Urban Mobility in Egypt
Researchers collaborated with Uber in Egypt to assess the impacts of expanding access to its ride services through price on the demand for ride-hailing and overall consumer mobility. Lowering the price of ride-hailing services increased people’s use of Uber and overall consumer mobility.
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Rahadian Ahmad
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Wael Haggag
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Kiri Gurd
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Ntuthuko Hlela
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