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J-PAL LAC brings the Jobs and Opportunity Initiative to Brazil
The Covid-19 crisis has exacerbated labor market challenges in Brazil. More so than ever, we need evidence-based solutions. With support from Fundação Arymax, B3 Social, Potencia Ventures, and the Inter-American Development Bank, J-PAL is bringing the Jobs and Opportunity Initiative (JOI Brazil) to...
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J-PAL LAC traz a Iniciativa de Empregos e Oportunidades ao Brasil
A crise da Covid-19 exacerba os desafios do mercado de trabalho no Brasil. Mais do que nunca, precisamos desenvolver soluções de política pública efetivas e baseadas em evidências. Em parceria com a Fundação Arymax, a B3 Social, a Potencia Ventures e o Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento, o J...
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Covid-19 Response at J-PAL Southeast Asia
J-PAL Southeast Asia is providing timely evidence to support policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia.
Policy insight
Strategies to increase health insurance enrollment
A variety of interventions to either reduce costs or increase awareness of benefits can increase health insurance adoption. The value of health insurance can be difficult to evaluate before purchasing, so giving individuals an opportunity to experience insurance coverage is important for influencing...
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Abdelouahed Eloufir
Abdelouahed joined the Morocco Employment Lab as a Research Associate in 2021. He works on impact evaluations examining labor market and education programs, collaborating with public sector partners to assess related policies.
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Abbas EL AKARI
Abbas El Akari is a research associate at the Morocco employment lab, he works on implementing a randomized evaluation of demand driven job trainings and on the job support programs in Morocco.
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Resources for conducting remote surveys
As with in-person surveys, remote survey work involves considerations at every stage of the project lifecycle. This page summarizes key points regarding remote surveys and, where applicable, lists J-PAL’s related public resources, in which more detailed guidance can be found. In restricting the...
Evaluation
Are Agricultural Traders Colluding? Testing the Degree of Competition Among Maize Traders in Kenya
Researchers conducted three randomized evaluations to measure the degree of competition among wholesale maize traders, understand the implications for social welfare, and test whether new traders could make a market more competitive. Researchers found that traders did not pass through much of a randomly administered cost reduction by lowering prices to consumers and, instead, colluded with other traders to maximize their profits.
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Evaluating Transfer Size in a Conditional Cash Transfer Program for Seasonal Migrants in Indonesia
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of a cash transfer program conditional on seasonal migration and an unconditional cash transfer (UCT) program on rural households’ decisions to migrate and migration season earnings in West-Timor, Indonesia. Relative to the UCT, the CCT was most effective at raising migration season earnings when the transfer size was just enough to cover migration expenses; however, when the transfer size exceeded migration travel costs, relatively lower-income households migrated for the purpose of collecting the transfer and overall program impact lessened.
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Vanessa Cheng
Vanessa is Research Associate at J-PAL LAC and she works on a project with the Ministry of Economy of Peru to identify innovation opportunities to improve the system and the management of human resources of public officials at the national, regional and local levels.
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Ntombi Mbasa
Ntombi was previous the Operations and Grants Coordinator at REEP. Prior to working at REEP, she worked as an Administrative Associate at J-PAL Africa and at EcoPlanet Bamboo SA (Pty) Ltd as an Administrator and Quality Manager.
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Improving diversity, equity, and inclusion at J-PAL
Improving the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) of our research network, staff, and leadership has been a key priority for J-PAL for many years. During the past year we have had many more conversations at all levels about what we may be doing well, where we are failing, and what more we need to...
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Summer School: “Innovations for Development”
Organized on Zoom, the summer school will present innovative approaches for development through plenary sessions conducted by renowned academic researchers, and will improve the capacity of participants in the design, implementation and use of impact evaluations of social programs.
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J-PAL updates
May 2021 Newsletter
Read about what J-PAL is doing to improve diversity and equity in our workplace and in the field of economics, how J-PAL alumni are working in governments to promote evidence-informed policymaking, ways to address poverty alleviation relating to climate change, and more in the May 2021 Newsletter.