COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Initiative

The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in incalculable losses for millions of Americans, particularly among low-income communities and communities of color. As decision-makers work to address this unparalleled public health crisis, urgent questions remain on how the Covid-19 pandemic will impact the social and economic well-being of people in the United States once the immediate crisis has resolved.

This summer, J-PAL North America launched a new research initiative that aims to inform these pressing policy questions. The COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Initiative will catalyze research on how to recover in the aftermath of the pandemic, with a focus on improving outcomes for those most harmed by this crisis. Academic leadership for the initiative will be provided by J-PAL North America’s scientific directors: Amy Finkelstein (MIT) and Lawrence Katz (Harvard University).

 J-PAL North America’s COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Initiative aims to help individuals and communities recover in the aftermath of COVID-19 by identifying and implementing effective policy responses to the pandemic.

The COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Initiative aims to create a playbook of evidence-based policies to help communities recover in the wake of COVID-19. The initiative works 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 to the COVID-19 response.