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Sharvari Ravishankar
Sharvari Ravishankar is a Senior Research Associate at J-PAL South Asia on the Migration and Technology project in collaboration with the online recruitment website QuikrJobs in Bangalore.
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Ignatius Sebastian
Ignatius Sebastian is a Research Associate at J-PAL Southeast Asia, where he works on the data analysis of the randomized evaluation on the tax offices in Indonesia.
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Announcing J-PAL’s newly updated research resources
Structured around the lifecycle of a project, these research resources provide practical guidance on conducting RCTs and include templates, checklists, and concrete advice based on J-PAL’s deep experience implementing field research projects.
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Farmers and the fear of crime: Improving agricultural productivity through farm protection in Kenya
In Kenya, researchers matched farmers with subsidized, trained watchmen to evaluate the effect of improved farm security on farmers’ decision-making, agricultural productivity, and conflict with neighbors. Security was shown to increase and in response, farmers made different cropping, time use, and investment decisions, had higher agricultural yields, and experienced less conflict with their neighbors.
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Prakash L
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Rachel M. Heath
Rachel M. Heath is an Alberta C. Corkery Professor of Economics at the University of Washington.
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Christopher Palmer
Christopher Palmer is the Albert and Jeanne Clear Career Development Professor and an Associate Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His research focuses on how credit, real estate, and labor markets respond to periods of significant upheaval. His recent experimental work...
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Jishnu Das
Jishnu Das is a Distinguished Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. His work focuses on the delivery of basic services, particularly health and education.
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Simon Jaeger
Simon Jäger is an Associate Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, jointly appointed by Princeton University’s Department of Economics and the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), and a member of Princeton’s Industrial Relations Section.
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Sandhya Seetharaman
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Indriani Pratiwi
Indriani Pratiwi is a Senior Research Associate at J-PAL Southeast Asia. Her research experience includes: socio-economic impacts of Covid-19, social protection programs, gender-based violence & unpaid care work, and female adolescent health. She is also a member of the J-PAL Gender Working Group
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Nadeen ElAshmawy
Nadeen ElAshmawy is a Senior Policy Associate at J-PAL Middle East and North Africa where she works on policy analysis and outreach related to translating J-PAL MENA’s research into policy lessons and promoting evidence-informed policymaking in the region.
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Community Policing, Citizen Feedback, and Public Trust in Pakistan
It is unclear whether a gender-differentiated intervention may be more effective in reducing some or all types of crime. To better understand this issue, researchers are working with the local police force in two districts in Pakistan to study its effects on trust levels and occurrence of crime.
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Taking an evidence-informed approach to pandemic response
As the COVID-19 pandemic started to take hold worldwide, J-PAL affiliated professors and staff jumped into action to critically analyze the evidence base and work closely with government partners to inform policy decisions with evidence.
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Foundations of ethical and high-quality data collection during the COVID-19 pandemic
There have been many innovations in data collection methods over the past few months to adapt to contactless research. Many research organizations, including J-PAL, have shifted to data collection through phone surveys, as field activities remain halted. As we support and strengthen these...