Cash Transfers to Indonesia's Poor Don't Discourage Work
Around the world, there are often contentious debates on whether or not to provide social safety net programs to the poor.
Research
Political Leadership and the Urban Poor
Based on survey research and ethnographic interviews, we analyze struggles over housing and access to infrastructure in two low-income "unplanned settlements" in the National Capital Region of Delhi,
A Candid Conversation about Schools, Culture, and the Widening Opportunity Gap in America with Professor Robert D. Putnam
An interview with Professor Robert D. Putnam about his new book "Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis."
Do People Shape Cities, or Do Cities Shape People? The Co- Evolution of Physical, Social, and Economic Change in Five Major U.S. Cities
Urban change involves transformations in the physical appearance and the social composition of neighborhoods.
The Wage Impact of the Marielitos: A Reappraisal
This paper brings a new perspective to the analysis of the Mariel supply shock, revisiting the question and the data armed with the accumulated insights from the vast literature on the economic impact
The Distributional Consequences of Public School Choice
School choice systems aspire to delink residential location and school assignments by allowing children to apply to schools outside of their neighborhood.
Cashless Society
From the late 1960s to the mid-1990s, a number of developments turned out to have profound effects on destitute families in the United States, which Kathryn J. Edin and H.
How Uncertainty about Judicial Nominees Can Distort the Confirmation Process
Why are judicial nominees allowed to refuse to answer questions about important issues that could come before the courts?
The Political Ideologies of American Lawyers
The ideology of American lawyers has been a persistent source of discussion and debate.
London: A Multi-Century Struggle for Sustainable Development in an Urban Environment
In this paper I sketch key episodes in the two thousand year history of interactions between society and environment that have shaped the City of London and its hinterlands.
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