... and other topics discussed at the annual meeting of the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences

Last month we presented at an event hosted by the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) on the "file drawer problem": when a study is not published in an academic journal, how can we ensure its results, even null results, are still reported—instead of... Read More

We are pleased to announce the publication of two new methods guides to de-identifying and publishing research data. These guides draw on J-PAL’s experience of publishing research data on randomized evaluations in the social sciences for more than a decade. They provide practical advice for students, researchers, and anyone else publishing their own or others’ data.

Researchers who plan to publish their data should take every effort to minimize the... Read More

In this installment of our Alumni Spotlight series, we caught up with Kristen Watkins, a former policy manager at J-PAL North America. Kristen joined J-PAL in 2017 to lead the Creating Moves to Opportunity project, an influential research partnership between J-PAL affiliated researchers and public housing authorities in the United States. Now the chief operating officer at Opportunity Insights, Kristen shares some reflections on her work at J-PAL and Opportunity Insights, and on how her background in city planning and the private sector informs her approach to social policy research. Read More