Jencks helped pioneer the study of inequality and developed generations of scholars.
Place-based policy in the United States comprises a wide range of government programs that are spread across federal, state, and local…
Shift Project research shows displaced workers experienced a decline in well-being, but unemployment insurance provided a measure of relief.
The new CID Voices podcast from the Harvard Center for International Development is bringing together a constellation of leaders who are…
This paper synthesizes the economics literature on skills and human capital, with a particular focus on higher-order capacities like social…
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Research shows service sector workers do best when they change sectors or find themselves in tight labor markets. But also that the vast…
Comparing measures of work time in the recall CPS-ASEC data with contemporaneous measures reveals many logical inconsistencies and probable…
“Award-winning journalist Mike Hixenbaugh delivers the immersive and eye-opening story of Southlake, Texas, a district that seemed to offer…
Job selection by high-skilled foreign-born workers in the US correlates strongly with country of origin. We use a Fréchet-Roy model of…
The "Tutoring Online Program" (TOP), launched in Italy in 2020, is an online educational reinforcement tutoring program that offered…