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This study investigates change over time in the level of hiring discrimination in US labor markets. We perform a meta-analysis of every…
This is the first installment of The Big Picture, a public symposium on what’s at stake in Trump’s America, co-organized by Public Books…
Recently, I have worked with a number of professional services firms committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. Many offer diversity…
Iris Bohnet, a behavioral economist and professor at the Harvard Kennedy School, spoke to the founders of two behavioral design start-ups,…
Police exercise the state’s monopoly of legitimate use of force, a fundamental state function that shapes the construction of citizenship.…
Words tend to fail us most in two circumstances — in the face of profound evil and of transcendent decency. When Elie Wiesel first tried to…
Research: When Men Have Lower Status at Work, They’re Less Likely to Negotiate
Child stunting in India exceeds that in poorer regions like sub-Saharan Africa. Data on over 168,000 children show that, relative to Africa…
This paper examines the critical role of gender in the commercialization of social ventures. We argue that cultural beliefs about what is…
Card’s (1990) study of the Mariel supply shock remains an important cornerstone of both the literature that measures the labor market…