If individuals become aware of their stereotypes, do they change their behavior? We study this question in the context of teachers’ bias in…
We study the educational choices of children of immigrants in a tracked school system. We first show that immigrants in Italy enroll…
Nearly a quarter of 7th-12th-graders in the Boston Public Schools (BPS) attend one of three exam schools, considered among the highest…
Female labor force participation varies significantly even among countries with similar levels of economic development. Recent studies have…
We use literacy data available in the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) for 129 survey rounds, across 54 countries, to estimate the…
Sustained high economic growth since the early 1990s has brought significant change to the lives of Indian women, and yet female labor…
Like trade, immigration produces both winners and losers. It may be more useful, therefore, to think of immigration not in terms of…
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“In this powerful and provocative memoir, Kiese Laymon fearlessly explores what the weight of a lifetime of secrets, lies, and deception…
“Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for…
“Keiko Furukura had always been considered a strange child, and her parents always worried how she would get on in the real world, so when…