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From RCT data to survey instruments: how to find what you need on the J-PAL Dataverse
This post is the first in a two-part series to highlight both why and how to use the J-PAL Dataverse. The goal of this first post is to provide a user-friendly guide to access our data, and a starter menu of use cases of data from randomized control trials (RCTs) for students, researchers, teachers...
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Affiliate Spotlight: Sandip Sukhtankar on his path to becoming a economist and the value of interdisciplinary collaboration
Sandip Sukhtankar is an associate professor of economics at the University of Virginia. He serves on the board of J-PAL’s Digital Identification and Finance Initiative in Africa (DigiFI Africa) and co-directs the Payments and Governance Research Program (PGRP) hosted at J-PAL South Asia. Sandip’s...
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Investing in students early: The effects of a STEM pipeline program for underrepresented high school students
The research team behind a rigorous, long-term evaluation of a STEM program for high schoolers discusses their new working paper & key findings, including a significant increase in graduation rates for program participants.
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Reflecting on research during times of uncertainty: A recap from Puerto Rico’s EDUGESPRO graduation
J-PAL North America staff and researchers recently attended a graduation ceremony for school principals who participated in EDUGESPRO, a professional development program born out of a research partnership with the Puerto Rico Department of Education.
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Evidence for digital and bundled services: Framing a research agenda for the Digital Agricultural Innovations and Services Initiative
As the reach of digital agricultural services has grown rapidly within the last few years, building an evidence base on how these services should be designed, implemented, and scaled to best align with the priorities of small-scale producers is an important and timely issue—and one that J-PAL's...
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Gujarat, India plans cap-and-trade market for carbon emissions
The market will be the first of its kind among emerging economies, outside of China. Leading researchers from the University of Chicago, Yale, and J-PAL will help design the program, allowing Gujarat to tap global expertise.
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J-PAL LAC/UC Chile: Diplomado en Evaluación de Impacto de Programas y Políticas Públicas
Este Diplomado tiene por objetivo dotar de los conocimientos necesarios para diseñar, implementar y ser contraparte de evaluaciones de impacto de programas sociales y políticas públicas. Al finalizar el diplomado, los y las estudiantes serán capaces de utilizar una metodología rigurosa cuya...
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Improving health worker performance through pay-for-performance programs
Pay-for-performance incentive programs for health care workers reward providers based on measurable performance indicators. Providing performance-based pay in addition to base pay can help to improve health provider performance on well-chosen targeted indicators relative to providing only base pay.
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Randomized controlled trial finds women’s help desks in local police stations in India increased registration of cases of gender-based violence; scale-up in progress
A randomized control trial by J-PAL affiliate Sandip Sukhtankar and co-authors Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner and Akshay Mangla found that police help desks that were staffed by women registered more domestic incidence reports than those without. The findings are significant given the high rates of gender...
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July 2022 Newsletter
In the July newsletter, we discuss how to use J-PAL's Dataverse, the lessons that can be learned from a math achievement program in Puerto Rico, and feature an affiliate spotlight of Sandip Sukhtankar.
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Increasing routine child immunization coverage in low- and middle-income countries
Interventions that strengthen the delivery of vaccines and those that increase demand for vaccination are imperative to increasing child immunization coverage. Improved delivery can be achieved by ensuring vaccines are reliably and locally available and strengthening health worker performance, while...
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Evidence on soft skills and women’s labor market outcomes
Worldwide, nearly 7 percent of employed people live below the extreme poverty line (US$1.90 purchasing power parity per day). In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), about 147 million people were underemployed based on the number of hours they worked in 2019. Skills and vocational training...
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Broadening participation in economics, part four: Mentorship program development considerations
In the final post of our four-part series on the collaborations that shape the Economics Transformation Project, J-PAL staff summarize the design of several mentorship programs in economics and discuss next steps for ETP.
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Transparent and accessible data: J-PAL alumna collaborated on an innovative approach with the Chilean government and researchers
Transparent and accessible data can be vital for researchers in the development of evidence-informed policies. In Chile, the State opened a door for researchers to access local transparent data to work together to answer key questions. Amanda Dawes, a J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean alumna...
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Encouraging micro and small enterprises to formalize
Informal firms are defined as those that operate outside of the legal and regulatory system and are therefore not registered for the required business operating licenses. Operating formally may allow firms to grow by expanding their customer base, paying fewer fines, and gaining access to more...