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Promoting upward mobility in partnership with state and local governments: A blueprint for future evaluations
This blog post is the final piece in a series on how state and local governments in the United States can promote upward mobility in their communities. It is part of J-PAL North America’s work to develop a learning agenda that summarizes the core research priorities from state and local governments...
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Alumni Voices from Government: Jasmine Shah ‘16, Dialogue and Development Commission, Delhi Government
Formerly the deputy director of J-PAL South Asia, Jasmine Shah ‘16 now leads public policy design and implementation at the Dialogue and Development Commission within the Delhi government. He describes the transition from J-PAL to government in this post in our Alumni Voices from Government series.
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How can we best conserve the Amazon? Open policy questions for randomized evaluations
The Amazon Forest–covering over nine countries in Latin America–has an essential role in the environment and climate. Which policies are the most effective in protecting it and reducing its deforestation? The blog post outlines some open policy questions for randomized evaluations to conserve the...
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Himmat Singh Chouhan
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Veena Jayaram
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Marianne Bertrand
Marianne Bertrand is a Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Her research focuses on racial bias in the US, affirmative action for disadvantaged castes in India, and corruption in India.
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Thomas Ferreira
Thomas Ferreira is a Senior Data Associate at J-PAL Africa working on the Innovations in Data and Experiments for Action (IDEA) Initiative.
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Leigh Linden
Leigh Linden is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin with a joint appointment in the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.
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J-PAL Africa Intern Spotlight: Chuka Ezeoguine’s journey pivoting to development economics from engineering
Chuka Ezeoguine is a 2021 J-PAL Africa intern who majored in engineering for his undergraduate degree, but had a keen interest in policy and pursued this passion. In this post, he talks about the steps he took to pivot to the field of development economics and his strides within our organization as...
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Promoting upward mobility in partnership with state and local governments: The intersection of gender, race, health, and poverty alleviation
This blog post is part two of three in a series on how state and local governments in the United States can promote upward mobility in their communities. It is part of J-PAL North America’s work to develop a learning agenda that summarizes the core research priorities from state and local...
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J-PAL’s use of inclusive language to communicate research results
Inclusive language helps us report research findings with accuracy and increases the accessibility of our communications. In this post, J-PAL North America and J-PAL Global staff describe how our offices strive to use inclusive language throughout our communications.
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Rigorously evaluating Europe’s climate change response
As part of a series on J-PAL’s expanding research on climate change issues, this post highlights the potential for using randomized evaluations to inform evidence-based climate policy in Europe.
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The road to rigorous evaluation: training partnership builds use of evidence in California
This post shares reflections from Joy Bonaguro, California Statewide Chief Data Officer, and Jason Lally, Deputy Chief Data Officer. In September 2021, CalData and J-PAL North America partnered to provide a training on Designing Rigorous Evaluations of Government Programs to participants from...
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Bhawna Arora
Bhawna Arora is Senior Administrative Associate to the ED, where she is responsible for providing the Executive Director's office, administrative, meetings, and data management support.
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