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Evaluation
Incentivizing Physical Activity to Improve Mental Health During Covid-19 Disruptions in the United States
Researchers conducted a randomized intervention to measure the impact of financial incentives for reaching daily step goals on physical activity and depression risk during the Covid-19 pandemic, to better understand the association between physical activity and mental health. While program participants significantly increased their daily steps relative to the comparison group, this change in physical activity did not lead to improvement in their mental well-being.
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Santosh Kumar Sahoo
Santosh Kumar Sahoo serves as a Survey Coordinator at JPAL South Asia within IFMR and is stationed in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. In this capacity, Santosh oversees the management of field surveys, recruits field personnel, provides training, handles project management, leads the survey team, and offers...
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Praveen P
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Simone Schaner
Simone Schaner is an Associate Professor (Research) of Economics at the University of Southern California. Her research applies insights from behavioral economics to examine savings behavior in Kenya and Ghana, and the delivery and adoption of malaria treatment in Kenya.
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Sri Vaishnavi Varma Gottumukkala
Sri Vaishnavi Varma is a Senior Research Associate at J-PAL South Asia, where she is currently working in the Energy Environment and Climate Change sector on the Direct Benefit Transfers for Electricity project (DBTE-AP) in Andhra Pradesh.
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Veda Madhusudan
Veda Madhusudan is a Policy and Communications Intern at J-PAL Global, where she supports the team in funding innovative research and synthesizing and disseminating evidence-based policy lessons.
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Sendhil Mullainathan
Sendhil Mullainathan is the Peter de Florez Professor at MIT with Dual Appointment in Economics and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), and Co-Chair of J-PAL's Partnership for AI Evidence. His current research uses machine learning to understand complex problems in human behavior...
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Emma Stroupe
Emma Stroupe is a Communications Associate at J-PAL Global. As a member of the Policy and Communications team, she focuses on global strategic communication across sectors and regional offices to promote evidence-informed policymaking.
Research Paper
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Keeping College Options Open: A Field Experiment to Help All High School Seniors Through the College Application Process
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Paulina Oliva
Paulina Oliva is a Professor of Economics and Spatial Sciences at the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California. Her research focuses on the relationship between air pollution and health and on environmental policy effectiveness in the developing world...
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Edward Okeke
Edward Okeke is a Senior Economist at RAND and a Professor of Policy Analysis at the RAND School of Public Policy. His research lies at the intersection of health and development, including the returns to health care in the formal sector, adoption of preventive health technologies, investments in...
Event
Convening on Effective US Crime Policy
Between June 5th to June 6th, 2025, J-PAL North America hosted a convening for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to celebrate the launch of J-PAL North America’s new Initiative for Effective US Crime Policy (IECP).
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Invited Researchers
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Mica Chua
Michaela Chua is a Policy Associate at J-PAL North America where she supports the criminal justice initiative and racial equity team to create a more inclusive research network. She also works on the Initiatives Funded Projects (IFP) and the Affiliate and Invited Researcher Services (AIRS) teams...