We assemble a dataset of the universe of economics and business journal articles published since 1980 to assess differences in the levels and trends of the global distribution of…
In the summer of 2020, George Floyd’s video-graphed murder by Minneapolis police officers sparked a renewed public discourse about the role that police and policing play in the…
Who deserves to participate in local democracy? A wide body of research shows that property owners are deeply overrepresented in local political proceedings, especially those…
Housing costs across the nation and in Greater Boston are rising, and many policymakers have turned to Inclusionary Zoning (IZ) in an attempt to dampen these effects on their…
The article explores the ways in which pretrial incarceration affects job retention, job-seeking, and relative confidence or lack of confidence in the ability to succeed in…
In the year following Humphrey, a judicial decision mandating that judges consider both defendants' ability to pay cash bail and non-monetary release options, San Francisco…
The COVID-19 pandemic has focused attention on the important role that frontline retail, grocery, food service, and delivery workers play in the U.S. economy as well as on the…
Nationwide, 36 states and over 150 cities and counties have adopted what is widely known as “Ban the Box” (BtB). These policies require employers to remove conviction and arrest…
In this article, we explore the use of Facebook targeted advertisements for the collection of survey data. We illustrate the potential of survey sampling and recruitment on…
Working parents must arrange some type of care for their young children when they are away at work. For parents with unstable and unpredictable work schedules, the logistics of…
