A Modern Founding Father
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Rev.
Research
Do Political Protests Matter? Evidence from the Tea Party Movement
Can protests cause political change, or are they merely symptoms of underlying shifts in policy preferences?
Crumbling American Dreams
My hometown — Port Clinton, Ohio, population 6,050 — was in the 1950s a passable embodiment of the American dream, a place that offered decent opportunity for the children of bankers and factory worke
Female Combatants and the Perpetration of Violence: Wartime Rape in the Sierra Leone Civil War
Much of the current scholarship on wartime violence, including studies of the combatants themselves, assumes that women are victims and men are perpetrators.
The Effects of Girl-Friendly Schools: Evidence from the BRIGHT School Construction Program in Burkina Faso
We evaluate a 'girl-friendly' primary school program in Burkina Faso using a regression discontinuity design.
Celebrate our Commitment to Liberty
Professor Burns reflects on recent Supreme Court decisions dealing with voting rights and same-sex marriage.
Enforcing Girls' Access to Secondary Education: A Human Rights Imperative
"If I like a boy I cannot tell anybody about my choice because I am a girl. I like making friends with boys but being a girl I cannot do that.
Psychological Perspectives on Gender in Negotiation
Rising Extreme Poverty in the United States and the Response of Federal Means-Tested Transfer Programs
This study documents an increase in the prevalence of extreme poverty among US households with children between 1996 and 2011 and assesses the response of major federal means-tested transfer programs.
Women In Charge
A policy experiment in India suggests that placing female leaders in positions of power can dramatically change public attitudes.
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