Biden’s Frailty Doesn’t Endanger America
Why the president’s weakened physical condition doesn’t make the country more vulnerable.
Research
A Simple, Statistically Robust Test of Discrimination
In observational studies of discrimination, the most common statistical approaches consider either the rate at which decisions are made (benchmark tests) or the success rate of those decisions (outcom
This Time, NATO Is in Trouble for Real
After years of false alarms, the Western military alliance is finally approaching a precipice.
Reading dies in complexity: Online news consumers prefer simple writing
Over 30,000 field experiments with The Washington Post and Upworthy showed that readers prefer simpler headlines (e.g., more common words and more readable writing) over more complex ones.
Gender and Transitional Justice: Explaining Global Trends
In this article, we explore historical trends in gender-attentive transitional justice policies using a new global dataset of truth commissions, prosecutions and reparations policies.
People, Power, Change: Organizing for Democratic Renewal
At a moment when our democratic abilities seem to have eroded, and political, economic, and technological forces have weakened the capacity for collective action, People, Power, Change is a once-in-a-
Changing Opportunity: Sociological Mechanisms Underlying Growing Class Gaps and Shrinking Race Gaps in Economic Mobility
We show that intergenerational mobility changed rapidly by race and class in recent decades and use these trends to study the causal mechanisms underlying changes in economic mobility.
How Do You Find a Good Manager?
This paper develops a novel method to identify the causal contribution of managers to team performance.
Teaching Competition and Cooperation in Civic Education
Civic education in the nation's public schools has suffered neglect in recent years. In the 1960s, by no means a golden age, students usually took three civics courses in high school.
Populist opposition is threatening progress on climate change
Driven by the push to decarbonize the world and achieve net zero emissions by 2050, a new anti-elite revolt is in the making in developed economies: If mainstream parties ignore the losers of the gree
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