The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a global research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. Anchored by a network of more than 900 researchers at universities around the world, J-PAL conducts randomized impact evaluations to answer critical questions in the fight against poverty.
The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a global research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. Anchored by a network of more than 900 researchers at universities around the world, J-PAL conducts randomized impact evaluations to answer critical questions in the fight against poverty.
J-PAL Affiliated Professor
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Timothy Layton is the 30th-anniversary associate professor of health care policy in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School. His research is focused on health insurance markets, with an emphasis on markets and social health insurance programs for low-income households. He received his PhD in economics from Boston University.
