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Browse news articles about J-PAL and our affiliated professors, and read our press releases and monthly global and research newsletters. For media inquiries, please email us.

Pollution by the Numbers

An op-ed about collecting detailed data on air quality references a randomized evaluation conducted by J-PAL affiliates that showed improved cookstoves in India had no effect across health outcomes.

November 2018 Newsletter

J-PAL's Evidence to Policy pathways explore how J-PAL affiliated researchers and staff, along with government and NGO partners, have drawn on evidence produced by randomized evaluations to inform policy changes around the world. Read more in our November newsletter.

How Medicaid Expansion Could Improve Political Participation

Evidence from a randomized evaluation conducted by J-PAL affiliate Amy Finkelstein suggests Oregon's Medicaid expansion boosted short-term political participation in the years immediately after the law was passed.

Harvard economist Rohini Pande wins 2018 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award

J-PAL affiliate Rohini Pande has been named the winner of the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award, which is given annually to an individual who has furthered the status of women in the economics profession.