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Using Data for Policy

In our digital world, data is constantly being collected and stored during the everyday functions of governments, non-profit organizations and private firms. 

This “administrative data” offers tremendous potential to improve lives through better social policies, but is often underutilized. J-PAL’s Innovations in Data and Experiments for Action Initiative is working to change that, said Lars Vilhuber, executive director of ILR’s Labor Dynamics Institute. J-PAL is the acronym for the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, a global research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence.
 
Today, the initiative announced the release of the Handbook on Using Administrative Data for Research and Evidence-Based Policy, co-edited by Shawn Cole, Iqbal Dhaliwal, Anja Sautmann, and Lars Vilhuber

Starting Monday, join the IDEA Handbook Webinar Series, featuring presentations of each chapter by the author(s), and a live Q&A session. 

Learn more about the handbook here.

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