Countries and regions that have long prided themselves on their immigrant identity and histories of refugee protection are now at the…
This article tests for bias in consumer lending using administrative data from a high-cost lender in the U.K. We motivate our analysis…
States and districts are increasingly incorporating measures of achievement growth into their school accountability systems, but there is…
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Conflict, drought and locusts are leading concerns for African food security but the relative importance and spatiotemporal scale of crises…
This chapter discusses the historically entrenched practice of minority scapegoating during epidemics, exemplified by the return of anti-…
The American economy had pervasive disparities before the pandemic. The pandemic exacerbated many of those disparities in market outcomes…
A prosecutor’s decision to charge or dismiss a criminal case is a particularly high-stakes choice. There is concern, however, that these…
How can we improve academic achievement and college attainment for disadvantaged students? To address this question, education researchers…
On a typical day in the United States, more than 50,000 people are stopped by the police for traffic violation and other minor suspected…
Jurisdictions across the country, including the federal government through its recently enacted First Step Act, have begun using…