Eventos

El equipo de J-PAL está continuamente organizando distintos tipos de eventos, tales como conferencias, seminarios, webinars y cursos para académicos, miembros de instituciones gubernamentales y no gubernamentales, entre otros. 

Upcoming Events

J-PAL Africa Staff
Webinar

Webinar series: Preparing for graduate study abroad for African students

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Virtual
J-PAL Africa holds a webinar series each year for African students who would like to pursue graduate study in Economics, Public Policy, or related fields in North America or Europe. The webinars are spread throughout the year and aim to provide comprehensive information to African students on what...
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Workshop or Training

J-PAL 101x Evaluating Social Programs Online

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Online | MIT Learn
Enroll in J-PAL’s free and self-paced online course on Evaluating Social Programs to learn how randomized evaluations can be used to measure the impact of social policies and programs. Learn more and enroll to complete the course at your own pace by December 15 >>
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Conference

Medicaid Learning Lab Convening

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MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA
An invite-only convening to connect with Medicaid leaders and researchers from across the country to launch the new Medicaid Learning Lab
DEDP master's graduates at the 2026 DEDP master's graduation ceremony
Webinar

Webinar: Admissions for the DEDP Master's Program at MIT

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Live via Zoom
As the first master's degree to be offered by MIT's Department of Economics, the DEDP master's program exists to empower a cadre of diverse, exceptional individuals with the technical skills to tackle poverty alleviation using evidence-based approaches. The program employs a unique approach to...
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Webinar

J-PAL North America Homelessness Evaluation Resource Hub Launch Event

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Zoom
An event for the release of J-PAL North America's Homelessness Evaluation Resource Hub, a free online repository of essential content for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners looking to leverage evidence to inform their approach to homelessness prevention and reduction.

Past Events

Dissemination

The China Shock: Economic and Political Consequences of China’s Rise for the United States

MIT's campus in Cambridge, MA and webcast
China’s rise as an economic power has significantly shifted the patterns of world trade and challenged existing empirical research about how labor markets react to trade shocks. Join us today at 4pm Eastern to learn about the impacts of Chinese growth on US consumers, labor markets, and inequality.
Workshop or Training

Measurement and Survey Design Course 2017

New Delhi, India
Abhijit Banerjee headshot
Dissemination

Demonetizing India: what, why, and where now

MIT Building 4, Room 237 and webcast
Join J-PAL director Abhijit Banerjee (MIT) today at 4pm EDT for a live stream discussion of the economics and politics behind India's recent demonetization, partly based on recent field research. The Government of India's decision to no longer accept 500 and 1,000 rupee notes as legal tender is one...
Dissemination

Research and Innovation: Ed-Tech, Personalized Learning & the Digital Divide

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142
While technology has the potential to revolutionize education, it creates the risk of leaving those without access behind and exacerbating the already stark divides in educational opportunity and achievement in the U.S. Experts recently gathered at MIT to discuss how we can use rigorous research to...
Dissemination

Experimenting for a Better Future: Drawing Policy Lessons from Randomised Evaluations

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Classroom F, Mwalimu House Wits School of Governance, 2 St David’s Place, Parktown
Please join Dr Rachel Glennerster (Executive Director, J-PAL) and J-PAL Africa (UCT) at the Wits School of Governance on Monday, 13 March for a session on the potential of randomised evaluations to measure impact and inform policy design where details matter for take-up, effectiveness, cost and more...
Workshop or Training

J-PAL State and Local Innovation Initiative – Year 1 Participant Conference

Cambridge, MA and live stream
State and local government leaders, leading scholars, and social service providers gathered in Cambridge to share their first-hand experiences of overcoming practical and political challenges to evaluating government programs, with a focus on crime and violence prevention, maternal and child health...
Workshop or Training

State and Local Innovation Initiative Webinar

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Webinar
The J-PAL State and Local Innovation Initiative supports US state and local leaders in using randomized evaluations to generate new and widely applicable lessons about which programs work, which work best, and why. On Thursday, December 8th at 1:00pm Eastern, J-PAL North America hosted a webinar to...
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Dissemination

What Have We Learned? Improving Development Policy Through Impact Evaluation

Washington, DC
On December 6, J-PAL and the Center for Global Development (CGD) will host an event to take stock of the evidence and impact evaluation movement and its promise for improving social policy in developing countries. Join the live stream.