Episode 120: Joseph Doyle on improving foster care outcomes

About this episode

Joseph Doyle discusses strategies for improving outcomes in foster care.

Joseph Doyle talks about improving foster care outcomes. “Effects of Enhanced Legal Aid in Child Welfare: Evidence from a Randomized Trial of Mi Abogado” by Ryan Cooper, Joseph J. Doyle, and Andrés Hojman. OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE: “The Effects of Legal Representation on Tenant Outcomes in Housing Court: Evidence from New York City’s Universal Access Program” by Michael T. Cassidy and Janet Currie. "Better Together? A Field Experiment on Human-Algorithm Interaction in Child Protection" by Marie-Pascale Grimon and Christopher Mills.

People in this episode

Guest: Joseph Doyle

Topics covered

• foster care
• legal aid
• child welfare
• tenant outcomes
• human-algorithm interaction

Keywords

• legal representation
• housing court
• universal access program
• field experiment

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: “Effects of Enhanced Legal Aid in Child Welfare: Evidence from a Randomized Trial of Mi Abogado, “The Effects of Legal Representation on Tenant Outcomes in Housing Court: Evidence from New York City’s Universal Access Program, Better Together? A Field Experiment on Human-Algorithm Interaction in Child Protection

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