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December 2019 North America Newsletter

J-PAL North America's December newsletter celebrates the accomplishments of 2019, reflects on the importance of partnerships in our work, and discusses the impact of Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer's work on policymaking in the United States.

A Nobel-Winning Way to Make Effective Policy

Executive Director of J-PAL North America, Mary Ann Bates, discusses how randomized evaluations can support evidence-based decision-making among governments in the United States

New health insurance insights: Economists analyze how patients and health care providers value Medicaid

J-PAL affiliate, Amy Finkelstein, and co-authors analyze how patients and health care providers value Medicaid in a new analysis of a randomized health insurance program in Oregon

How the economics Nobel laureates’ methods could help fight poverty in the U.S.

Vincent Quan, Associate Director of Policy at J-PAL North America, reflects on what we've learned from randomized evaluations in the U.S.

Zipcode Destiny: The Persistent Power of Place and Education

NPR's Hidden Brain speak with J-PAL affiliate, Raj Chetty, on economic mobility in the US

Pilot program to test free and discounted Metro fare cards for low-income D.C. residents

A pilot program funded by J-PAL North America's State and Local Innovation Initiative aims to elimate costs of transportation for more than 1,000 low-income residents in Washington D.C.

New research partnership evaluates innovation in family engagement

J-PAL North America is partnering with TalkingPoints multilingual family engagement platform assess the intervention's impact on student achievement.

November 2019 North America Newsletter

In J-PAL North America's November newsletter, we celebrate J-PAL founders winning the Nobel Prize, introduce nine new partners, and recap Research Staff Training.