Research
Stratospheric Solar Geoengineering Without Ozone Loss
Women’s Rights Are a National Security Issue
The Trump transition team asked the State Department last week to submit details of programs and jobs that focus on promoting gender equality.
Henry Kissinger: Negotiating Black Majority Rule in Southern Africa
In 1976, United States Secretary of State Henry A.
Shifting College Majors in Response to Advanced Placement Exam Scores
Mapping continuous raw scores from millions of Advanced Placement examinations onto the 1 to 5 integer scoring scale, we apply a regression discontinuity design to understand how students’ choice of c
From Proof of Concept to Scalable Policies: Challenges and Solutions, with an Application
The promise of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) is that evidence gathered through the evaluation of a specific program helps us—possibly after several rounds of fine-tuning and multiple replication
Explaining the Prevalence, Scaling and Variance of Urban Phenomena
The prevalence of many urban phenomena changes systematically with population size. We propose a theory that unifies models of economic complexity and cultural evolution to derive urban scaling.
Enrollee Choices After Their Health Plans Are Terminated: Default Effects Versus Persistent Preferences
Behavioral economic research has established that defaults, one form of nudge, powerfully influence choices. In most policy contexts, all individuals receive the same nudge.
The New Case for Migration Restrictions: An Assessment
For decades, migration economics has stressed the effects of migration restrictions on income distribution in the host country.
Status Reinforcement in Emerging Economies: The Psychological Experience of Local Candidates Striving for Global Employment
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