Evaluations

Policy Publications

Search our database of policy briefcases, bulletins, and evidence reviews. Briefcases summarize the results and policy recommendations from one randomized evaluation, while bulletins synthesize the broader policy lessons emerging from multiple evaluations on the same topic. Evidence reviews summarize an existing academic literature review, like a handbook chapter or white paper, for a policy audience.

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Allocations Familiales in France

Eliminating Barriers to Job Seekers' Take-up of Social Benefits in France

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February 10, 2025
Job seekers who met with social workers to discuss their eligibility for social benefits increased their take-up of new benefits. By offering application assistance, social workers helped job seekers navigate complex application procedures.
Transportation Decarbonization White Paper

Transportation Decarbonization White Paper

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November 6, 2024
This paper presents the results of systematic literature review and meta analysis of rigorous empirical evidence on ground transportation decarbonization in North America. The research team conducted an extensive keyword search across 45 journals in the economic, transportation, and environmental...
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Scaling Every Child Counts: Driving Learning Across India Through Knowledge Network Catalysts

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December 20, 2024
In November 2023, J-PAL South Asia launched its inaugural NGO certification course for the Every Child Counts program to explore new pathways to scale to foster partnerships with civil society organizations and establish champions aligned on the vision of scaling evidence-based curricula for...
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HCDI Evidence Wrap-up

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October 28, 2024
This publication describes some of the randomized evaluations supported by J-PAL North America’s US Health Care Delivery Initiative (HCDI) to date, as well as evaluations conducted by J-PAL affiliated researchers.
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Evidence in Labor Market Policies and Implications for Brazil: Microcredit

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September 13, 2024
Limited access to financing is a significant barrier for small and medium-sized enterprises, and microcredit programs aim to help entrepreneurs by offering low-value financing to foster growth. This publication, co-authored by JOI Brasil and the Inter-American Development Bank, reviews evidence on...
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Evidence in Labor Market Policies and Implications for Brazil: Job Search Assistance

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September 5, 2024
Barriers like skill communication issues, lack of information, and behavioral biases can complicate the job search process. This publication, co-authored by JOI Brasil and the Inter-American Development Bank, examines evidence on job search assistance programs and their implications for improving...
Female students wearing headscarves are seated in an English classroom at Jambiani Secondary School in Jambiani, Zanzibar, Tanzania.

Boosting Adolescent Girls' Agency Through Life Skills Training

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March 12, 2024
Historically, women’s ability to exercise choice-–such as when to have children or whether to engage in income generating activities—has been constrained and remains severely limited, especially in low and middle-income countries. Barriers to women’s agency limit their capacity to advocate for...
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Designing and Implementing Evidence Based Life Skills Training Programmes and Girls Clubs

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March 12, 2024
There is growing evidence that life skills programmes may serve as a particularly effective avenue for addressing internal constraints women face in exercising agency, by strengthening women’s “power within”—self-efficacy, aspirations or attitudes about gender.