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Cristobal Marshall
Cristobal Marshall joined J-PAL to perform cost effectiveness analysis and write policy memos to disseminate lessons from J-PAL’s evaluations. He also collaborates in J-PAL’s policy outreach and initiatives.
Evaluation
Educational Returns of Boarding Schools for Underserved Secondary School Children in France
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of boarding schools on educational outcomes and well-being for children with disadvantaged backgrounds in France. The top third of students admitted to France’s first “boarding school of excellence” had large improvements in math scores after two years, but there were no impacts on French skills for any of the students.
Evaluation
Supporting 18-25 Year-Olds Through Long-Term Mentoring Plus Financial Assistance in France (Pass' Accompagnement)
In France, researchers evaluated the effect of a financial independence and social integration program for young adults living in government-subsidized housing. They analyzed its impact on the young adults’ professional lives, housing situations, financial independence, and general welfare.
Event
Webinar: Inter-state migration in India in the time of COVID-19
In the wake of the dynamic flows of the migrant labor force in India due to COVID-19 and resulting lockdown measures, state governments, policymakers, and researchers are faced with a number of complex questions: Will the ongoing pandemic make local, partial, or full lockdowns necessary? Will...
Evaluation
Facilitating Youth's Access to Apprenticeships in Tulle (France), and Encouraging Youth to Complete Them
Researchers evaluated the effect of personalized counseling to French youth on finding an apprenticeship, completing it, and securing longer-term employment. Personalized counseling encouraged more youth to start a pre-apprenticeship training program, but did not improve take-up into apprenticeship. For youth already in an apprenticeship, personalized counseling led more youth to break contracts and change employers.
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Evidence for Social Policy in Europe
How can we design more effective social programmes across Europe? J-PAL affiliated researchers focus on the contribution made by randomised evaluations to the development of high-quality evidence for informing social policy.
Evaluation
Insurance, Credit and Technology Adoption in Malawi
In Malawi, researchers examined the effect of bundling rainfall index insurance with a credit program on farmers’ demand for credit. They found that bundling insurance with credit reduced the demand for credit, from 33 percent for credit alone to 17.6 percent for the bundled product.
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Alejandra Aponte
Alejandra Aponte joined J-PAL in June of 2010 as a research assistant for the Chilean installment of an evaluation assessing improving financial access in rural households in southern Chile.
Evaluation
Community Reconciliation in Sierra Leone
Evaluation
The Impact of Bid Training on Small Firm Growth in Liberia
Researchers evaluated the impact of a bid training program on the business performance of local small and medium-sized firms. The bid training led firms to bid on and win more contracts, with the positive impacts concentrated on a quarter of firms.
Evaluation
Diminishing the Effectiveness of Vote-buying in India
To diminish the effect of bribes on voter behavior, researchers designed and evaluated a non-partisan anti-vote-buying radio campaign during the 2014 Indian general election. Researchers assessed whether voters in areas that were randomly assigned to receive the radio campaign became less likely to vote for the reputed vote-buying parties. Researchers found that the radio campaign decreased the vote share of vote-buying parties by 3.5 to 7.1 percentage points.
