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A puzzling success

J-PAL affiliate Claudia Martinez A. and coauthors published a new paper, "Training and Capital for Microenterpreneurs in Chile," in the April issue of the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. Martinez, along with co-authors Esteban Puentes and Jaime Ruiz- Tagle, evaluated the largest...

Why Is It So Hard to Talk about Money?

J-PAL affiliate Dina Pomeranz and coauthors found that peer groups helped Chilean micro-entrepreneurs save more.

Better Governing Through Science

J-PAL's Government Partnership Initiative helps governments evaluate policies, scale up successful ones, and build an internal culture of evidence-informed decision making.