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Initiative
US Health Care Delivery Initiative
J-PAL North America’s US Health Care Delivery Initiative (HCDI) supports randomized evaluations of strategies that aim to make health care delivery in the United States more efficient, effective, and equitable.
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Initiative projects and documents
HCDI Request for Proposals
Initiative
US State and Local Innovation Initiative
The J-PAL State and Local Innovation Initiative supports US state and local leaders in using randomized evaluations to generate new and widely applicable lessons about which programs work, which work best, and why.
Initiative Resource
Initiative projects and documents
State and Local Innovation Request for Proposals
Person
Daniel Björkegren
Daniel Björkegren is an assistant professor of economics at Brown University. He uses new sources of data to study the process of economic development, and his research interests include industrial organization, information technology, and methods for digital data.
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Chris Blattman
Chris Blattman is the Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at The University of Chicago, in the Harris School of Public Policy, as well as a research associate at NBER. He studies why some people and societies are poor, violent and unequal, and what (if anything) aid or...
Evaluation
The Effects of Subsidized Trainings on Young Workers and Small Firms: Evidence from Uganda
Researchers evaluated the impact of offering either subsidized vocational training to unemployed youth or subsidized apprenticeships for firms on youth employment and earning outcomes in urban Uganda. Both forms of subsidized training led to greater skill accumulation, higher employment rates, and higher earnings for workers; however, the gains were larger for vocational trainees and were sustained over time.
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Zayyad Danlami Tsiga
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Jack Calland
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Jess Qvist
Event
Webinar: MIT DEDP Master's Program Admissions Info Session
Learn more about MIT's master's program in Data, Economics, and Design of Policy (DEDP) in preparation for the upcoming admissions cycle.
Evaluation
Using Mobile Phones to Connect Politicians and Voters in Pakistan
In Pakistan, researchers are evaluating the impact of using mobile phones to directly connect politicians with voters and give voters the opportunity to provide real-time feedback to their elected representatives.
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Isaac Mbiti
Isaac Mbiti is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the University of Virgina. His research interests are in economic development, labor economics, and demography.