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Evaluation
Applying Behavioral Insights to Design Low-Income Insurance Policies in Pakistan
This evaluation tested whether offering insurance policies that required enrollment at different group levels mitigated the risk of individuals who are more likely to need health insurance being more likely to purchase policies. When allowed to purchase insurance at the individual level, those most likely to require health care were disproportionately more likely to purchase insurance, but offering policies that required larger groups (such as households) to enroll reduced this effect.
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Blog
Affiliate Spotlight: Marcella Alsan on her recent MacArthur Fellowship award and researching racial disparities in health
Marcella Alsan, economist, physician, and Co-Chair of J-PAL’s US Health Care Delivery Initiative, was recently selected as a recipient of a 2021 MacArthur Fellowship, in recognition of her work “investigating the role that legacies of discrimination and resulting mistrust play in perpetuating racial...
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Shashwata Nova
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Shikha Kumar
Shikha Kumar is Communications Manager with C-LOP (Creating Learning Opportunities for Public Officials) at J-PAL South Asia.
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Meher Kaur
Meher is a Research Associate at J-PAL South Asia where she is working on the ‘Improving Opioid De- Addiction Protocols in India’ project in Punjab, India.
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Aleesha Mary Joseph
Aleesha Mary Joseph is a Research Associate at J-PAL South Asia, where she works with the Payments and Governance Research Program on the Odisha High-Frequency Monitoring project.
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Niva Cherukuri
Niva is a Research Associate at J-PAL South Asia where she works on the “Machine Harvestable Chickpeas Project” to examine the adoption of this technology in rural Andhra Pradesh and its impact on local labor markets.
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Lou Aisenberg
Lou Aisenberg is a Partnership Manager at J-PAL Europe for the Innovation, Data and Experiments in Education (IDEE) programme.
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Vaishnavi Mulay
Vaishnavi Mulay is the Policy Manager for J-PAL’s institutional partnership with the Government of Punjab.
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Vianney Fernández Villagómez
Event
Agencia Económica en las Mujeres de Centroamérica y México: Evidencia Relevante y Lanzamiento de la Guía Práctica Para la Medición de Empoderamiento
J-PAL para Latinoamérica y el Caribe (J-PAL LAC) ofrecerá un webinar con dos propósitos: difundir la evidencia sobre género y agencia económica relevante para Centroamérica y México, y lanzar la "Guía práctica para la medición del empoderamiento de mujeres y niñas en evaluaciones de impacto".