Worker Prosperity Initiative

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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 change and economic growth.

These strategies and innovations may be related to programs designed to retrain or reskill workers; strategies to improve traditional and non-traditional educational institutions; innovative apprenticeship systems, sectoral employment programs, and alternative approaches for skill certification; strategies to facilitate worker transitions between occupations and industries; organizational practices that improve productivity, skills, earnings, or employment prospects; opportunities in alternative work arrangements; and the impact/opportunity of changing transportation modalities.

We work with nonprofits, government and industry leaders, academic researchers, and other organizations to understand what questions matter most to them and help them use rigorous evaluation to generate evidence on priority research questions related today’s rapidly shifting labor market.

Key Facts

Sectors:
Status:
  • Research RFP: Closed
  • Partner RFP: Closed
Eligibility:
Researcher RFP: Open to J-PAL affiliated professors, post-doctoral fellows, and invited researchers
Partner RFP: Nonprofit, public, or private organizations interested in testing innovative strategies to help workers
For Researchers

Request for Proposals

The Worker Prosperity RFP solicits proposals from J-PAL affiliates, invited researchers, and PhD students being advised by a J-PAL affiliate, for pilot studies and full randomized evaluations that aim to generate valuable insights about the changing nature of work. 

For Partners

Worker Prosperity Innovation Competition

Through our Innovation Competition, the Initiative partners with nonprofits, governments, and industry leaders to support the development of randomized evaluations of strategies to support workers in the face of the shifting labor market. 

Initiative Staff

Sam Haas, Senior Policy and Communications Associate

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