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Achieving Medicaid Goals Through Test And Learn: The Role Of RCTs

Medicaid programs across the county are interested in developing and running innovative and cost-effective programs to address myriad health challenges facing our communities.

What a big experiment giving money to parents reveals

Vox
Giving people cash makes them less poor. It doesn’t fix everything.

June 2024 North America Monthly Newsletter

J-PAL North America's June newsletter features an ongoing research partnership to address wildfire risk and new research results on the impact of emergency rental assistance.

The time is now: Harnessing rigorous evaluation in a post-ARPA America

State and local governments are at the forefront of addressing historic levels of income inequality, rising housing instability and the impacts of climate change.

Paying Off People’s Medical Debt Has Little Impact on Their Lives, Study Finds

A nonprofit group called R.I.P. Medical Debt has relieved Americans of $11 billion in hospital bills. But that did not improve their mental health or their credit scores, a study found.

May 2024 North America Monthly Newsletter

J-PAL North America's May newsletter features an interview with Rachel Maltz, Senior Program Manager of the City of Carlsbad California’s Innovation and Economic Development Department; new research results on understanding demand for police alternatives, and a blog post on the effects of increasing...

A modest intervention that helps low-income families beat the poverty trap

Letting people work with a “navigator” dramatically increases how often they move to higher-opportunity neighborhoods.

April 2024 North America Monthly Newsletter

J-PAL North America's April newsletter features our research partnerships in Puerto Rico and new research results on medical debt relief.