Who deserves to participate in local democracy? A wide body of research shows that property owners are deeply overrepresented in local…
This paper documents the impact of popular media on racial hate by examining the first American blockbuster: 1915's The Birth of a Nation,…
Nearly one-in-five jobs in the United State are in the service sector, including in retail, grocery, pharmacy, fast food, and fulfillment,…
Chetty et al. (2022) say county density of cross-class friendships (referred to here as “adult-bridging capital”) has causal impacts on…
I argue (like others before me) that the translation of evidence into policy is in itself a behavioral question with three major barriers…
Human actions can alter the local and regional climate, particularly via land use. We assess the impact of the Great Plains Shelterbelt, a…
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacted a historic toll on Americans’ health and longevity. It has also shaped socioeconomic inequalities along…
All development is about people: the transformative process to equip, link, and enable groups of people to drive change and create…
As recently as 18 months ago, many policymakers, academics, and pundits in the United States and Europe were waxing lyrical about the…
The United States spends substantially more on health care than most developed countries, yet leaves a greater share of the population…