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Why is Chiapas Poor? Ricardo Hausmann, March 2016, Paper, "No matter which way you look at it, Chiapas is the most backward of any state in Mexico. Its per capita income is the…
Gender equality is a moral and a business imperative. But unconscious bias holds us back, and de-biasing people’s minds has proven to be difficult and expensive. Diversity…
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. Matthew Desmond, March 2016, Book. "From Harvard sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond, a landmark work of…
The Production of Human Capital in Developed Countries: Evidence from 196 Randomized Field Experiments. Roland Fryer, March 2016, Paper. "Randomized field experiments…
Education, Research, and Innovation in Africa. Calestous Juma, February 2016, Paper. "Africa is a youthful continent: nearly 41% of its population is under the age of 18…
Housing and Employment Insecurity among the Working Poor. Matthew Desmond, February 2016, Paper. "While social scientists have documented severe consequences of job loss, scant…
Distributional Equity in Climate Change Policy: Responsibility, Capacity, and Vulnerability. Dustin Tingley, February 3, 2016, Paper. "Bargaining over the allocation of costs…
The Roll-Back of the State and the Rise of Crony Capitalism. Ishac Diwan, 2016, Book Chapter. "A fiscal sociology of the state offers a useful lens for tracing the evolution…
The New Economic Case for Migration Restrictions: An Assessment. Lant Pritchett, February 2016, Paper. "For decades, migration economics has stressed the effects of migration…
Achieving Equal Opportunity and Justice: The Integration of Latina/o Immigrants into American Society. Mary Waters, February 2016, Paper. "Achieving equal…