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Gilda Azurdia
Senior Associate
Economic Mobility, Housing, and Communities

Azurdia is a senior research associate in the Economic Mobility, Housing, and Communities policy area, where her research is focused on evaluation testing regarding housing, education, and employment-related interventions for low-income workers, welfare recipients, residents of subsidized housing, and other disadvantaged groups. Azurdia has directed several projects, including the Career Impact Bonds and the Rent Reform Demonstration projects. She also leads the technical work on the Pay for Success Clean Energy Training, Cambridge Rise Up , and the Supporting Moves to Opportunity studies. She has over two decades of experience working in most phases of MDRC’s research, including program start-up, implementation analysis, survey design, and impact analysis. Azurdia holds a master’s degree in criminal justice.

Projects

Products

Brief

Preliminary Findings from the Career Impact Bond Study

Report

The First Five Years of Generation Work

Report

Final Impact Findings from the Paycheck Plus Demonstration in New York City

Report

Interim Findings from the Paycheck Plus Demonstration in New York City

Report

Final Impact Findings from the SaveUSA Evaluation

Report

Implementation and Interim Impact Findings from the SaveUSA Evaluation

Brief

Preliminary Implementation Findings from the SaveUSA Evaluation

Report

Implementation, Two-Year Impacts, and Costs of the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Prisoner Reentry Program

Report

The Employment Retention and Advancement Project

Report

The Employment Retention and Advancement Project

Report

The Effects of Enhanced Versus Traditional Job Clubs in Los Angeles