Evaluation Incubators to provide technical assistance, training, funding to help partners design randomized evaluations of housing stability strategies and state and local programs.
Large study of existing research shows incremental improvement in patient outcomes and productivity, without big employment changes.
Study suggests automatically starting benefits at the outset of a recession would remove uncertainty for workers.
Award provides five years of funding and access to a community of innovative scholars and leaders in science and technology.
First results underscore the urgent need for a better understanding of how to address inequities in birth outcomes.
Research shows that in Hungary, debt drove voters to the right, as part of a consequential shift.
Earning the top spot for the 11th straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 subject areas.
Using Ecuador as case study, economists show international trade widens the income gap in individual countries.
New J-PAL North America publication helps policymakers understand summer programs’ wide-ranging benefits, in such areas as criminal justice involvement, education, and development.
Fulbright US Student Program funds opportunities for research, graduate study, and teaching abroad.
Field experiment in Bangladesh shows the poor simply lack opportunities to gain wealth — but a one-time boost can make a major difference.
Prestigious honor society announces more than 250 new members.
In a new book, an MIT scholar examines how game-theory logic underpins many of our seemingly odd and irrational decisions.
New collaboration aims to strengthen Egypt’s poverty alleviation policies through rigorous evaluation and innovation.
The Institute also ranks second in two subject areas.