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Reflecting on a year working for gender equality in LAC
One of J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean’s priorities is to advance rigorous evidence on effective approaches to improving gender equality in our region. As we approach the end of 2022, we reflect on lessons learned and emerging priorities.
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Andrew Dillon
Andrew Dillon is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Kellogg School of Management and a Research Associate Professor at the Global Poverty Research Lab at Northwestern University where he is the Director of the Research Methods Cluster.
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Jesse Rothstein
Jesse Rothstein is the Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Faculty Director of the California Policy Lab at Berkeley. His research interests include the economics of education, labor markets, and tax and transfer policy. He is an...
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Jack Willis
Jack Willis is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Columbia University. His research interests include the financial lives of the poor, the functioning of rural markets and institutions, and learning and technology adoption. He has extensive experience running randomized evaluations in Kenya. He...
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David Yang
David Yang is a Professor of Economics at Harvard University. He studies political economy, behavioral and experimental economics, economic history, and cultural economics. In particular, David studies the forces of stability and forces of changes in authoritarian regimes, drawing lessons from...
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Veena Jayaram
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Ariel Zucker
Ariel Zucker is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research interests include health and environmental conditions in low- and middle-income countries. She is also interested in studying behavioral biases in personal decision-making.
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Ying Gao
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Affiliate Spotlight: Enrique Seira on finding ways to improve access to justice in Mexico
Enrique Seira is a professor of economics at Michigan State University and founder of Qué Funciona para el Desarollo. He utilizes his research on courts, democracy, corruption, and credit markets to help steer the policy space in Mexico toward more rigorous evidence use.
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Improving Student Learning through Classroom Technology Adoption in Pakistan
Researchers partnered with the Government of Pakistan to conduct two parallel randomized evaluations to test the impact of providing supplemental teaching materials on the quality of student learning and teachers’ effectiveness. Overall, the eLearn Classroom intervention improved student achievement and students’ attendance for grade 8 students. Conversely, providing grade 6 students with individual eLearn Tablets worsened their test scores.
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Gayathri Sowrirajan
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Tyler Spencer
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The road to COP27: Tackling climate change in Egypt
In Egypt and globally, low-income populations disproportionately experience a range of climate change-related hazards. Egypt is particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts, with a projected increase in heat waves, dust storms, and extreme weather events. COP27 in Sharm ElSheikh is a...
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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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Aurélie Ouss
Aurélie Ouss is a Janice and Julian Bers Assistant Professor of Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania, affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Her research examines how good design of criminal justice institutions and policies can make law enforcement fairer and more...