Governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the power of problem-oriented governance as a way to address complex public…
We estimate the causal effects of parental incarceration on children’s short- and long-run outcomes using administrative data from Sweden.…
This paper tests for bias in consumer lending using administrative data from a high-cost lender in the United Kingdom. We motivate our…
The status of economic liberties remains a serious lacuna in the theory and practice of human rights. Should a minimally just society…
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.
The 3rd edition of Women and Men in the Informal Economy estimates that two billion (61 per cent) of the global employed population earn…
“Born into a ‘formerly untouchable manual-scavenging family in small-town India,’ Yashica Dutt was taught from a young age to not appear ‘…
“The Little House is set in the early years of the Shōwa era (1926-89), when Japan’s situation is becoming increasingly tense but has not…
“In 1925, Josephine is the proud owner of a thriving farm. As a child, she channeled otherworldly power to free herself from slavery. Now,…