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Anuja Venkatachalam
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Juan Vargas
Evaluation
The Impact of Poverty Reduction Among New Mothers on Child Brain Development in the United States
Researchers evaluated the impact of poverty reduction via an unconditional cash transfer to mothers on child neurodevelopment. Children in families that received a $333 monthly transfer displayed different brain activity patterns than children whose mothers received only $20 a month.
Evaluation
Measuring the Impact of Microfinance in Hyderabad, India
Researchers evaluated the impact of increased access to microcredit on the economic and social well-being of women and their families in Hyderabad, India. They found that microcredit had mixed effects on business activities and little to no effect on women’s empowerment or children’s education.
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The Effects of STEM Summer Programs on College Major, Persistence, and Graduation for Underrepresented High School Students in the United States
Researchers evaluated three STEM-focused summer programs for high school students and found that the programs increased students’ likelihood of attending a highly-ranked university, graduating, and earning a degree in STEM.
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Nicolas Paris
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Susan Dass
Initiative
King Climate Action Initiative (K-CAI)
The King Climate Action Initiative (K-CAI) at J-PAL generates evidence and catalyzes the scale-up of high-impact policy solutions at the nexus of climate change and poverty alleviation in partnership with governments, NGOs, donors, and companies worldwide. K-CAI strives to build a movement of...
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Andrew Zeitlin
Andrew Zeitlin is an assistant professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.
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Sofia Malika Djojonegoro
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Shashikant Tiwari
Shashikant Tiwari is a Survey Coordinator at J-PAL South Asia based out of Jaipur, Rajasthan. He is currently working with the multiple Project in Rajasthan, Hariyana,UP ,MP and north east , where he primarily handles recruitment, training, and field operations.
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J-PAL Africa Conducting Experimental Research Course
This five-day academic workshop on conducting randomized evaluations aims to strengthen the knowledge and further develop the good practices of participants who are already well-versed in the methodological foundations of impact evaluations.
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J-PAL Africa Evaluating Social Programs Course
The J-PAL Africa Evaluating Social Programs Course will provide a thorough understanding of randomized evaluations and pragmatic step-by-step training for conducting one’s own evaluation.
Research resource
Randomization
Randomization for causal inference has a storied history. Controlled randomized experiments were invented by Charles Sanders Peirce and Joseph Jastrow in 1884. Jerzy Neyman introduced stratified sampling in 1934. Ronald A. Fisher expanded on and popularized the idea of randomized experiments and...
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