To what extent do partisan media influence political attitudes and behavior? Although recent methodological advancements have improved…
Reading this set of responses to my work left me feeling profoundly awed and humbled, ready to settle into a deep silence. I am awed to…
In this paper, we consider the statistical foundations for empirical tests of disparate impact. We begin by considering a recent, popular…
Importance: Marked elevation in levels of depressive symptoms compared with historical norms have been described during the COVID-19…
An enormous body of academic and journalistic work argues that opaque recommendation algorithms contribute to political polarization by…
In almost every state, courts can jail those who fail to pay fines, fees, and other court debts—even those resulting from traffic or other…
Depression can affect individuals’ attitudes by enhancing cognitive biases and altering perceptions of control. We investigate the…
In studies of discrimination, one popular strategy is to estimate disparities after adjusting for observed covariates, typically with a…
How has slavery shaped the politics of the United States over the last century and a half since emancipation? Our book, Deep Roots (Acharya…
In 2021 the Saami Council asked Harvard to suspend research related to stratospheric aerosol injections, a form of geoengineering. Their…