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Islam Waheed
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Sari El Garraya
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Mansi Tejpal
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Providing Endowments to Improve Bargaining Outcomes for Microentrepreneurs in Ghana
Researchers randomly provided more or less cash to garment-making firm owners in Ghana before a bargaining game to evaluate the impact of endowment on the negotiated sale price of a good. Owners of garment-making microenterprises with lower household liquidity agreed to lower sale prices during the bargaining process, suggesting that the prior wealth of microentrepreneurs who participate in bargaining may impact how much they are able to earn.
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How Can Police Serve Women Better: Evidence on Gender-Sensitive Police Reforms in Madhya Pradesh
Through this exclusive webinar, hosted by the Alliance for Scaling Policy Impact through Research and Evidence (ASPIRE) under J-PAL’s Crime, Violence, and Conflict sector, speakers explored complex policy questions at the intersection of police reforms, gender equity, and criminal justice in India.
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The Impact of Sexual Harassment Awareness Training on Attitudes and Norms in India
The researcher evaluated the impact of a sexual harassment training on the incidence of sexual harassment, opposite sex relationships, and attitudes and beliefs towards sexual harassment in India. Overall, the trainings reduced sexual harassment perpetrated by men, particularly extreme forms in the short run and mostly intermediate forms of harassment in the long run. However, these trainings also reduced opposite sex romantic relationships between classmates both in short and long run.
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Kartik Patekar
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Initiative projects and documents
SfPI Off-Cycle Proposals
Evaluation
The Impact of Parent-Teacher Meetings on Student Learning and Behavior in Bangladeshi Primary Schools
The researcher evaluated whether randomly offering parent-teacher meetings led to improvements on student learning, parental engagement, and teacher efforts in primary schools in rural Bangladesh. Overall, the program led to improved test scores, increased parental engagement in children’s learning, and improved teachers’ pedagogical practices.
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J-PAL updates
February 2023 Newsletter
The February 2023 Newsletter features our 20th-anniversary edition of “Improving Lives Through Evidence," which showcases how our work has evolved over the years, the launch of the Learning for All Initiative (LAI), and an affiliate spotlight on Monica Martinez-Bravo.
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Building a Policy Lab with the Spanish Ministry of Social Inclusion
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Increasing Take-Up of the Earned Income Tax Credit
Across six randomized evaluations, researchers studied the impact of low-cost, low-touch informational interventions, or “nudges,” on take-up of the federal and state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in California. None of the interventions had an impact on EITC take-up, suggesting that information alone may be insufficient to overcome administrative burdens.
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J-PAL Africa’s Girls’ Education & Empowerment Portfolio
J-PAL Africa's Girls’ Education and Empowerment (GE&E) Portfolio aims to improve the lives of adolescent girls in West Africa by ensuring that policies and programmes targeting girls are informed by scientific evidence