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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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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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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 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
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Decreasing Mobile Money Vendor Misconduct through Information Sharing in Ghana
In Ghana, researchers evaluated the impact of providing vendors and consumers with information on official mobile money charges and options for recourse for consumers to report being overcharged. The program led to a decrease in misconduct, which in turn facilitated an increase in market activity, firm sales revenue, and consumer welfare.
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Laura Costica, J-PAL '14, on applying impact evaluations in humanitarian settings
The Alumni Spotlight series highlights J-PAL alumni who are making an impact across industries and around the world. Formerly a research manager at J-PAL Africa, Laura Costica ‘14 now manages monitoring, learning, and evaluation at the IKEA Foundation. She describes her journey from J-PAL to the...
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