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Fostering early child development to alleviate poverty in Guatemala
In Guatemala—one of the countries with the world's highest stunting rates and low early childhood education enrollment—several organizations and government institutions increasingly recognize the importance of improving early child development (ECD) and have accumulated relevant key lessons on ECD...
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Lucia Corno
Lucia Corno is an Associate Professor of Economics at Cattolica University and Executive Director of the Laboratory for Effective Antipoverty Policies (LEAP) at Bocconi University.
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Clare Leaver
Clare Leaver is a Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. Clare's work spans different sectors and regions, from utility regulation in the United States, the judicial system in England and Wales, to education systems in sub-Saharan...
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Danila Serra
Danila Serra is an Associate Professor of Economics at Texas A&M University. She conducts research on corruption, education choices, gender differences in education and labor outcomes, and women's empowerment.
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Mathias Sinning
Mathias Sinning is a Professor of Economics at the Crawford School of Public Policy of the Australian National University (ANU). His research in applied econometrics focuses on issues related to treatment effect estimation and policy evaluation. He is particularly interested in the development and...
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Olga Stoddard
Olga Stoddard is an Associate Professor of Economics at Brigham Young University. Her research focuses on understanding gender and racial disparities in the labor market and evaluating the effectiveness of various interventions to improve economic outcomes for women and people of color.
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Positive Psychology for Psychological Well-Being and Decision-Making in Kenya
In Kenya, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of a light-touch positive psychology intervention on psychological well-being and economic decision-making for low-income populations. The intervention had a positive impact on gratitude; however, it had no significant impacts on psychological well-being or decision-making.
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Muhammad Meki
Muhammad Meki is an Associate Professor at the Oxford Department of International Development and an Associate Member of the Department of Economics. Muhammad’s research interests include the effect of equity-like financial contracts on the investment and growth of small firms. He has conducted...
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J-PAL Updates
July 2023 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's July newsletter features a new policy brief on court nonappearance; new research results on effective legal representation; and an op-ed on summer jobs programs.
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Aurora Salvador
Evaluation
Building Preschools to Improve Child Development and Mothers' Agency in Morocco
Researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation to measure a major preschool construction program underway in Morocco.
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Tanay Chanda
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J-PAL Updates
July 2023 J-PAL LAC Quarterly Newsletter
The second issue of the quarterly newsletter of J-PAL LAC highlights our work promoting government partnerships for meaningful change in Brazil and Mexico. Discover the latest updates on policy-relevant research, initiatives, courses, events, resources, and more—made possible by partners, donors...
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Dennis Egger
Dennis Egger is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford and a Tutorial Fellow in Economics at The Queen’s College, Oxford.
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