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J-PAL updates
May 2021 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's May newsletter features research on scaling and replicating summer jobs programs, a blog post on a research-practice partnership that seeks to improve education in Puerto Rico, and our new webpage on K-12 tutoring.
Evaluation
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Learning in Brazil
Researchers evaluated the learning impacts of using AI systems to score and comment on essays written for Brazil’s national post-secondary admission exam. In schools where AI technology was introduced, teachers were able to provide more frequent individualized feedback to students, and students’ essay scores improved as a result.
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Sabrina Karim
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J-PAL updates
January 2024 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's January newsletter features a blog post on bias in administrative data, results from a food-as-medicine program, and a blog announcing J-PAL North America's involvement in an ed-tech learning community.
Blog
African Scholar Spotlight: Dr. Jaah Mkupete
This post is part of our ongoing series showcasing the work and perspectives of economists from the African continent who are leading randomized evaluations. In this spotlight, we speak with Jaah Mkupete, a lecturer of economics at the University of Dar es Salaam.
Research Paper
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Expanding Access and Increasing Student Learning in Post-Primary Education in Developing Countries: A Review of the Evidence
In this review, J-PAL affiliates Abhijit Banerjee and Paul Glewwe along with Shawn Powers and Melanie Wasserman synthesize the evidence to date on post-primary education and identify policies that should be given the highest priority for future research.
Research Paper
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Contemporaneous and Post-Program Impacts of a Public Works Program: Evidence from Côte d'Ivoire
Blog
Reflecting on a decade of impactful research at J-PAL North America
In the introductory post of the J-PAL North America ten-year anniversary blog series, our scientific leadership reflects on some of the most impactful research conducted by academic researchers in our network and supported by J-PAL North America
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Samresh Kumar
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Sakshi Mathur
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Sean Higgins
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Chetna Sharma
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How do we achieve affordable, quality health care? Follow the evidence.
In this guest post, Darshak Shavani writes about how a commitment to evidence, and a connection by J-PAL North America, led to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center launching the first ever randomized evaluation of a major federal health insurance program in the...
Blog
An agenda for climate change research in North America
As part of a blog series on J-PAL’s work related to climate change, this post highlights J-PAL North America’s contributions to the evidence base in environment, energy, and climate change to date and articulates our agenda for catalyzing more policy-relevant research.