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April 2018 Newsletter
Thursday, April 5, 2018
J-PAL North America’s new policy Briefcase summarizes evidence from randomized evaluations of summer youth employment programs in the United States, J-PAL welcomes four new affiliates, and more in our latest newsletter.
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Video: To help students, start by informing parents
Friday, March 16, 2018
J-PAL affiliate Rebecca Dizon-Ross discusses her research from Malawi on providing parents with information on their children’s academic performance.
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March 2018 Research Newsletter
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Catch up on research from J-PAL affiliates on the causal impacts of religiosity in the Philippines, the sustained impacts of cash transfers in Malawi, and more.
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What India can learn from Pakistan’s scheme to incentivise its civil servants with better postings
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
A study by J-PAL affiliates on Pakistan’s civil servants showed that incentivizing officers with a posting of their own choice remarkably improved their performance.
Training and Capital for Microentrepreneurs in Chile
Monday, April 16, 2018
J-PAL Affiliate Claudia Martinez A.'s study "Training and Capital for Microenterpreneurs in Chile" was published in the April issue of the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics on her...
Why India Is Failing To Educate Its School-Going Children And How That Can Change
Friday, April 6, 2018 - IndiaSpend
Rukmini Banerji, CEO of Pratham, an NGO J-PAL has partnered with on several evaluations, discusses education in India, including a randomized evaluation of the impact of math games in pre-school.
April 2018 Newsletter
Thursday, April 5, 2018 - J-PAL
J-PAL North America’s new policy Briefcase summarizes evidence from randomized evaluations of summer youth employment programs in the United States, J-PAL welcomes four new affiliates, and more in...
New horizons for public policy
Thursday, April 5, 2018 - La Segunda
Chilean periodical La Segunda profiles the work of J-PAL LAC Scientific Director Francisco Gallego. (Note: the full article is in Spanish)
Power plants get 5-star rating in state pollution study
Sunday, April 1, 2018 - Times of India
J-PAL affiliated researchers have partnered with the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to make information about industries' pollution levels publicly available. Read the full article.
How Corporations Benefit From Flexible Work
Friday, March 30, 2018 - Pacific Standard
J-PAL affiliate Nicholas Bloom found that working from home led to a 13% performance increase.
March 2018 Research Newsletter
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - J-PAL
Catch up on research from J-PAL affiliates on the causal impacts of religiosity in the Philippines, the sustained impacts of cash transfers in Malawi, and more.
29 of 50 industries in MMR polluting Mumbai’s air
Friday, March 23, 2018 - Hindustan Times
J-PAL affiliate Michael Greenstone comments on his evaluation in Maharashtra of a program to provide public information on industries' pollution levels.