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Cheaper, faster randomized evaluations
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By J-PAL North America Hospitals, governments, school systems, and many other institutions gather a wealth of data on individuals for operational purposes. MIT-based J-PAL North America recently launched a catalog of administrative datasets to provide...
New catalog of administrative data sets for rigorous evaluations of social programs
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Hospitals, governments, school systems, and many other institutions gather a wealth of data on individuals for operational purposes. MIT-based J-PAL North America recently launched a catalog of administrative datasets to provide researchers with clear...
P.R. picked for MIT-backed social programs initiative
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Puerto Rico has been chosen to participate in the program that offers guidance on the effectiveness of social programs. The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) North America, a research center at MIT, announced Tuesday that Puerto Rico is...
How Do We Know What Really Works in Healthcare? Full Transcript
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This is a transcript of the Freakonomics Radio podcast “How Do We Know What Really Works in Healthcare?” [MUSIC: Jessica Lurie, “Pudding” (from !Zipa Buka!)] Amy FINKELSTEIN: Yeah, so my parents are both biologists. And I did not follow their route...
rjs's environmental, climate science, and other news of May 22, 2016
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America’s Most Common Drug Ingredient Could Be Making You Less Empathetic -- Every week, a quarter of Americans take a painkiller that could be dampening our collective feelings of empathy. In a paper published online this week, scientists claim that...

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The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

Our mission is to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. We do this through research, policy outreach, and training.