Skills, Schools, and Credit Constraints: Evidence from Massachusetts
Low college enrollment rates among low-income students may stem from a combination of credit constraints, low academic skill, and low-quality schools.
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Forward: Women National Leaders Worldwide: Barriers and Opportunities
Book abstract: This examination of the role of gender stereotyping in media coverage of executive elections uses nine case studies from around the world to provide a unique comparative perspective. T
Leadership, Membership, and Voice: Civic Associations That Work
Why are some civic associations more effective than others at making themselves heard, engaging members, and developing leaders?
The Global Health System: Actors, Norms, and Expectations in Transition
The article discusses the changing quality of global health institutions.
Public Sentinel: News Media and the Governance Agenda
Within the broad context of the major issues facing the international development community, Public Sentinel: News Media & Governance Reform focuses on the performance of the news media as an inst
An Elaborated Proposal For Global Climate Policy Architecture: Specific Formulas and Emission Targets for All Countries in All Decades
The Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements seeks to identify key design elements of a scientifically sound, economically rational, and politically pragmatic post-2012 international policy
Difference-in-Difference Estimators
This article discusses difference-in-differences (DID) estimators, which are commonly applied in evaluation research.
Status and the Evaluation of Workplace Deviance
Bias in the evaluation of workplace misbehavior is hotly debated in courts and corporations, but it has received little empirical attention.
Uncomfortable Arithmetic — Whom to Cover versus What to Cover
Much of the current debate about expanding health insurance coverage avoids addressing an uncomfortable trade-off: with a limited budget, making benefits more generous means being able to cover fewer
Making Room for China
China’s undervalued currency and huge trade surplus pose great risks to the world economy.
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