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Summer employment programs serve thousands of disadvantaged young people across the United States each year. A growing body of evidence, including a number of evaluations by several J-PAL affiliates, shows that these programs can lower violent crime rates among youth.

Drawing on research on how to improve take-up of the Earned Income Tax Credit, J-PAL North America Executive Director Quentin Palfrey argues that simple reminders can make a big difference in increasing benefit take-up, especially among those who need it most, in an op-ed in Governing Magazine.