Governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the power of problem-oriented governance as a way to address complex public…
We study the drivers of financial distress using a large-scale field experiment that offered randomly selected borrowers a combination of (…
This paper tests for bias in consumer lending using administrative data from a high-cost lender in the United Kingdom. We motivate our…
An innovative apprenticeship program is working to bring some of Los Angeles' neediest residents into the city's workforce.
This paper argues that the debt forgiveness provided by the U.S. consumer bankruptcy system helped stabilize employment levels during the…
As a project in Long Beach demonstrates, treating people as individuals rather than as statistics can yield big benefits.
“Jeff Mann’s newest collection of personal essays speaks out against homophobia and the outdated ideas of masculinity demanded by life in…
“Rick Nagano is a graduate student in the history department at USC, struggling to make rent on his South Los Angeles apartment near the…
“From Cinelle Barnes, author of the memoir Monsoon Mansion, comes a moving and reflective essay collection about finding freedom in America…
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“Upward mobility through the path of higher education has been an article of faith for generations of working-class, low-income, and…