Connecticut Workers Deserve Predictable Hours
Service sector workers have been newly recognized as essential during the COVID-19 crisis.
Research
Fault Lines of Refugee Exclusion: Statelessness, Gender, and COVID-19 in South Asia
Despite widespread recognition of the right to a nationality, statelessness and its attendant vulnerabilities continue to characterize the lives of millions in South Asia.
The role of childcare challenges in the US jobs market recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic
We examine how much of the overall decline in employment between the beginning of 2020 and 2021 can be explained by excess job loss among parents of young children, and mothers specifically.
Family Structure and Inequalities in Parents' Financial Investments in Children
Objective This study examines family structure differences in parents' financial investments in children. Background Family structure in the United States is undergoing important change and continued
Half of Service Sector Workers Are Not Yet Vaccinated for COVID-19: What Gets in the Way?
As eligibility for the Covid-19 vaccine expands to all Americans and the country moves towards a full reopening, durably returning to normal life depends on vaccine uptake. The U.S.
Stereotypes about immigrant students and discrimination in grading
Anti-immigrant stereotypes are widespread in most contemporary societies.
Experimentally Estimated Impacts of School Vouchers on Educational Attainments of Moderately and Severely Disadvantaged Students
For decades, social theorists have posited—and descriptive accounts have shown—that students isolated by both social class and ethnicity suffer extreme deprivations that limit the effectiveness of equ
Food vs. Food Stamps: Evidence from an At-Scale Experiment in Indonesia
Governments seeking to provide food assistance have a choice between providing in-kind food directly to beneficiaries, or providing vouchers that can be used to purchase food on the market.
Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Immigration
The United States is a nation of immigrants. For centuries, waves of migrants and refugees have arrived in America seeking economic opportunity or religious freedom.
Apart but Connected: Online Tutoring and Student Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the governments of most countries ordered the closure of schools, potentially exacerbating existing learning gaps.
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