Research is part of a $25 million effort to generate evidence on the real-world effectiveness of policies and programs at the intersection of poverty and climate change.
Improved public health messaging to Black, Latinx, and other communities disproportionately impacted by the pandemic can increase Covid-19 knowledge and information-seeking.
Incubator aims to identify the most effective strategies at reducing homelessness and promoting housing stability.
Series paints a holistic picture of summer youth employment programs and how research helps strengthen them.
Center will work with affiliated researchers to test low-cost, high-impact behavioral interventions to improve health-care delivery and health outcomes for aging adults in the United States.
The Covid-19 Recovery and Resilience Initiative aims to catalyze evidence-based policy solutions to the challenges posed by the pandemic.
Twenty-two students from 14 countries take an evidence-based approach to affecting global change.
Summarizing results from 96 randomized evaluations, new J-PAL North America publication highlights the sizable impact tutoring programs can have on student learning.
The King Climate Action Initiative at J-PAL will develop large-scale climate-response programs for some of the world’s most vulnerable populations.
J-PAL research center will focus on evidence-based policy-making to reduce poverty in the Middle East and North Africa.
MITx MicroMasters Program credential holders leverage MIT-caliber education to move their industries to the cutting edge.
Five-day offering provided nearly 2,000 participants with an introduction to the design and use of randomized evaluations to test the effectiveness social programs.
Marshalling forces from across the Institute, MIT will deliver an online celebration worthy of the Class of 2020.
Faculty members Abhijit Banerjee, Bonnie Berger, and Roger Summons elected by peers for outstanding contributions to research.
Changes follow new Institute policies on travel, events, and visitors; some large classes to move online.