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Alice Danon

Alice Danon joined J-PAL Europe as a Research Associate in 2014. She is working on two randomized evaluations taking place in France. The first one aims at estimating the impact of a program seeking to improving students’ achievement by strengthening their non-cognitive skills, and the second one is...
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The role of administrative data in improving social protection programs: A success story from Indonesia

Read about a collaboration between the Government of Indonesia and researchers to use government administrative data to evaluate some of the largest social programs in the country.
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Jomayra Patricia Mones Prebisterio

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Fernanda Alvear

Fernanda Alvear is a Survey Associate at J-PAL LAC where she works on data analysis from the project “Papás al Día,” which aims to assess whether the provision of school information to parents by text messages improves their children's scholarly performance.
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Suzanne Bellue

Suzanne Bellue is a Research Manager at J-PAL Europe. She first joined J-PAL Europe as a Research Associate in August of 2015. She previously held the same position at J-PAL LAC, beginning in March of 2015. Suzanne holds a master's degree in development economics from the University of Paris...
Abhijit Banerjee receiving his Nobel Prize
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Improving Lives Through Evidence in 2019-2020

Improving Lives through Evidence: Building on the Nobel Prize in 2019–2020.
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Lisa Turley Smith

Lisa Turley Smith is a Research Associate for Amy Finkelstein at J-PAL North America, where she supports research on the end-stage renal disease treatment choice randomized evaluation.
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Mohamed Omar

Mohamed is a Senior Research Operations Manager at J-PAL Middle East and North Africa
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Eslam Serag

Eslam Serag is a Research Operations Manager at J-PAL Middle East and North Africa, where he works on evaluating the effect of information interventions and transportation subsidies on job matching and youth employment.
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Mohamed Ghandour

Mohamed Ghandour is a Research Coordinator at J-PAL Middle East and North Africa, where he is currently working on impact assessment of the Ultra Poor Graduation Program developed by BRAC in collaboration with Sawiris Foundation for Social Development in Egypt.
Two women wearing masks chat near their houses during the Covid-19-related state of emergency in Casablanca, Morocco.
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Covid-19 Research at J-PAL MENA

J-PAL MENA is coordinating efforts by affiliates and staff to understand and mitigate the impact of Covid-19 in the region.
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Working remotely or remotely working? Best practices in working from home post COVID-19

Research from randomized evaluations can shed light on some of the benefits of working from home for employees and their employers—and best practices for those of us looking to maximize our productivity while preserving some work-life balance.
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Priyal Patil

Priyal Patil is a Research Associate at J-PAL South Asia. She works on the childhood vaccination project in Pune, which develops a cost-effective multi-intervention strategy to improve vaccination adherence for children in the state of Maharashtra.
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Bruno Ferman

Bruno Ferman is a Professor at the São Paolo School of Economics. His research focuses on behavioral economics and finance, on themes including microcredit product design and the ways in which financial incentives can influence or reveal behavior preferences.
Woman in yellow dress doing labor harvesting tea in Malawi
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Deferring Wages and Labor Supply in Malawi

Researchers partnered with a tea company in Malawi to study the effects of a savings product that allowed workers to defer payment of a part of their wages. The deferred wages program was generally popular and increased savings; in the longer run, it helped workers improve their houses.