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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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Archana Prabhakar
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Anoop Singh Rawat
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Sandhya Seetharaman
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Anna Carrère
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Using Social Networks to Spread Word-of-Mouth Information Campaigns in Rural India
Researchers conducted two randomized evaluations in India in which they identified effective individuals for information sharing ("gossips") through word-of-mouth. They found that information was disseminated more widely when shared by individuals nominated by others in their community, rather than village elders or randomly-selected individuals.
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Financial Coaching in Peru
Researchers will evaluate the impact of the program on the employees’ financial decisions related to credit, savings, and money management.
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Graduating Microenterprises to Larger Loans in Egypt
This evaluation tests the impacts of providing larger loans to microcredit borrowers on both firms and microfinance institutions.
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Anna Kilpatrick
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Webinar Series: Strengthening Safety Nets and Health Care during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Join this webinar series hosted by J-PAL South Asia and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, between July 29, 2020 and October 13, 2020. In this series, J-PAL affiliated professors will present results from research funded by the Cash Transfers for Child Health (CaTCH) Initiative at J-PAL South Asia...
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Simon Cooper
Simon Cooper is a Policy Associate at J-PAL Global, where he supports the Labor Markets Sector and the Jobs and Opportunity Initiative. In his role as Policy Associate, Simon writes policy publications, cultivates research partnerships, and promotes evidence-informed policymaking.
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Sohini Mookherjee
Sohini Mookherjee is a Senior Training Manager at J-PAL South Asia. She works with various stakeholders like the government (central and state level), civil society, donors and multilateral organisations to build a strong monitoring and evaluation ecosystem in South Asia.