If individuals become aware of their stereotypes, do they change their behavior? We study this question in the context of teachers’ bias in…
In this paper, we study the effects of immigration on natives’ marriage, fertility, and family formation across US cities between 1910 and…
Do 40-Year-Old Facts Still Matter? Long-Run Effects of Federal Oversight under the Voting Rights Act
In 2013, the Supreme Court struck down parts of the Voting Rights Act that mandated federal oversight of election laws in discriminatory…
We test for financial constraints as a market failure in education in a low-income country by experimentally allocating unconditional cash…
This paper is one of the first systematic assessments of ex-felons’ workplace performance. Using FOIA-requested data from the Department of…
For many Americans, cities have become a beacon of hope. They are widely recognized as engines of the U.S. economy and laboratories of…
Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and staffed and supported by the Urban Institute, the US Partnership on Mobility from…
Previous literature has shown that land use regulations influence where people choose to live within the United States by impacting housing…
Elementary school teachers’ math anxiety has been found to play a role in their students’ math achievement. The current study addresses the…