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Evaluation
Overcoming Barriers to Fertilizer Use in Kenya
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of offering coupons, facilitated discussion groups, and measuring spoons on fertilizer usage, fertilizer knowledge, and agriculture-related discussions amongst farmers. While discussion groups alone had no impact on fertilizer use, coupons and spoons both increased fertilizer use and led to more knowledge-sharing among farmers.
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Prescribing Food as Medicine among Individuals Experiencing Diabetes and Food Insecurity in the United States
Diabetes is one of the most prevalent diseases in the United States and is closely linked to food insecurity. Researchers evaluated the impact of an intensive food-as-medicine program that provides fresh food and diabetes education on health and health care utilization for individuals experiencing both diabetes and food insecurity. Researchers found that the program had high levels of engagement. Patients in both the program and the comparison group saw improvements in health outcomes over time, but there were no significant differences between groups.
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Forgive and Forget: The Impact of Medical Debt Relief on Financial and Health Outcomes in the United States
In this randomized evaluation, researchers evaluated the impact of a medical debt relief program (that buys and relieves a portion of individuals’ medical debt) on measures of mental and physical health, health care utilization, and financial well-being—including financial distress, credit score, debt balances, and repayment behavior. Individuals randomized to receive debt relief did not see improvements in the health and financial outcomes measured compared to those in the comparison group.
Initiative
North America Worker Prosperity Initiative
The J-PAL North America Worker Prosperity Initiative aims to build an evidence-based playbook of strategies to increase opportunities for workers, reduce the economic barriers and social challenges in labor markets, and ensure that all workers share in the prosperity generated by technological...
Initiative Resource
Initiative projects and documents
Worker Prosperity Initiative Request for Proposals
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Emily Romano
Emily Romano is a Policy Manager at J-PAL Global, where she manages the Finance sector. In her role on the Policy and Communications team, she writes policy publications, cultivates new research partnerships, and conducts policy outreach for evidence dissemination.
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Silvia Bunge
Blog
Recapping a conversation between leaders in evidence-based policy making from J-PAL North America’s ten year convening
In this post, we highlight a conversation between Esther Duflo and Laura Arnold from J-PAL North America's ten year convening on building a culture of evidence-based policymaking.
Project
Responses to Economic and Security Risks During Covid-19 in Lagos, Nigeria
Researchers studied the economic, social, and security impacts of the Covid-19 crisis on informal market vendors in Lagos, Nigeria through a phone survey. Nearly half of respondents reported that their marketplaces were closed entirely, and only 1.5 percent of respondents reported that their...
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Impact of the Covid-19 Lockdown on the Indian Village Economy
Researchers studied the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on the employment, food security, mental health, and beliefs of temporary migrants and their families in Tamil Nadu, India, by conducting five rounds of phone surveys. Many migrants left Chennai to move to their home communities when the...
Evaluation
The Effect of Matching on Worker Skills versus Preferences on Firm-Worker Matches in South Africa
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to improve the quality of job matches in South Africa. They matched applicants to entry-level vacancies using different types of information: workers’ preferences for job types; communication and socio-emotional skills; or grades and work experience.
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Increasing Profits through Subsidized Microenterprise Relocation in Uganda
Those self-employed in microenterprises, who often report low profits and own few assets, account for fifty percent of the labor force in low-income countries. Researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation to test the effect of relieving constraints to microenterprise relocation on business income in Kampala, Uganda.
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The Impact of Emergency Job Retention Assistance on Labor Market Outcomes for Informal Firms and Workers in Ghana
Researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation to test the impact of providing emergency job retention assistance to firms and workers on firm survival, worker-firm match survival, and labor market outcomes for firm owners and workers in Ghana’s informal sector. Research is ongoing; results are forthcoming.