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Ce am învățat din testarea riguroasă a politicilor sociale în Europa?
J-PAL este un centru de cercetare axat pe reducerea sărăciei ce are ca obiectiv promovarea politicilor publice bazate pe dovezi științifice. Constituit dintr-o rețea formată din 225 de profesori afiliați la universități din întreaga lume, J-PAL efectuează evaluări de impact randomizate pentru a...
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Cosa abbiamo imparato fino ad oggi grazie a valutazioni rigorose di impatto di politiche sociali in Europa
I ricercatori della rete di J-PAL hanno condotto più di 80 studi randomizzati di progetti e politiche sociali in 20 paesi europei, di cui 5 in Italia, in particolare nei campi dell’educazione e del mercato del lavoro. J-PAL Europe ha pubblicato un riassunto dei risultati principali di questa ricerca...
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Abraham Mann
Evaluation
The Impact of a Quiz-Style Information Campaign on Covid-19 Prevention in Ghana
Researchers are measuring the impact of a quiz-style information strategy on people’s learning and adherence to Covid-19 health protocols. This study is part of a three-country research program in Ghana, the US, and Zambia aiming to find evidence on the best strategies to communicate health measures.
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The Impact of a Quiz-Style Information Campaign on Covid-19 Prevention in the United States
Researchers are measuring the impact of a quiz-style information campaign on people’s learning and adherence to Covid-19 health protocols. This study is part of a three-country research in the United States, Ghana, and Zambia program aiming to generate evidence on the best strategies to effectively communicate health measures.
Evaluation
The Impact of a Peer Information Sharing Strategy to Combat the Spread of Covid-19 in Zambia
Researchers are measuring the impact of a peer information sharing strategy on people’s learning and adherence to Covid-19 health protocols. This study is part of a three-country research program in Zambia, Ghana, and the US aiming to find evidence on the most effective strategies to communicate health measures.
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Évaluations rigoureuses des politiques sociales en Europe: quelles leçons en tirer?
Les chercheurs affiliés au réseau J-PAL ont mené plus de 80 études randomisées pour évaluer l’impact de programmes et politiques sociales dans vingt pays européens, en particulier dans les domaines de l’éducation et de l'emploi. Une synthèse des résultats de ces évaluations, ainsi que les pistes de...
Evaluation
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.
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Olawunmi Ola-Busari
Olawunmi Ola-Busari is a Policy Associate at J-PAL Africa where she supports scoping for scale-ups, helps prepare policy dissemination presentations and memo, and supports policy training and events.
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Julia Chabrier
Research resource
Using administrative data for randomized evaluations
Administrative data is information collected, used, and stored primarily for administrative (i.e., operational), rather than research, purposes. These data can be an excellent source of information for use in research and impact evaluation. This document provides practical guidance on how to obtain...
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Growth is not enough
With an abundance of important and sometimes surprising findings from studies of socioeconomic interventions in recent decades, it is clear that development in the absence of evidence-based policymaking is a fool's errand. The small details matter as much as—and sometimes more than—the economic big...
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Aarathi Ajay Thomas
Aarathi Thomas is the HR Manager at J-PAL South Asia where she is primarily responsible for planning, designing and strengthening key HR activities and processes with a focus on staff development.
Event
Evaluating Social Programs IRC - Jordan Webinar Series
Join us each week from 3:00-4:30pm EEST (8:00-9:30am EDT) for this webinar training series on Evaluating Social Programs. Over the course of four weeks, these webinars will provide an introduction to why and how randomized evaluations can be used to rigorously measure social impact. The sessions...
Evaluation
Safe Cities: Improving the Citizen-Police Interface in Pakistan
Researchers partnered with the Punjab Safe Cities Authority to evaluate how to improve citizen’s access to and experience with police services.