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J-PAL Launches a Post-Primary Education Initiative

J-PAL's Post-Primary Education (PPE) Initiative funds randomized evaluations of innovative solutions for improving access, quality, and relevance of post-primary education. 

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Announcing the J-PAL Youth Initiative

J-PAL’s Youth Initiative (YI) funds randomized evaluations of policies to help disadvantaged youth successfully navigate the transition to adulthood.

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Job Placement and Displacement

Career counseling for young job seekers in France helped them find work sooner, but this improvement came at the expense of jobs for those who did not receive counseling, and it did not translate into a long-term increase in employment rates.

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New Policy Briefcase: See Tomorrow's Jobs, Invest in Girls Today

Making employment opportunities for women more salient and accessible led to increased investment in education and nutrition of girls, and delayed marriage and childbearing among women in rural India.

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News

Video: Entrevista a Dean Karlan en Rumbo Económico
June 11 - Rumboeconomico Peru

J-PAL affiliate Dean Karlan discusses his work and the importance of using evidence to fight poverty in an...

Shelter from the Storm
June 4 - IDB

Findings from J-PAL's evaluation of Techo point to an improvement in the quality of the house in treated...

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