Policymakers, conceptualized here as principals, disagree as to whether US student performance has changed over the past half century. To…
Has the achievement of U.S. students improved over the past half century? Have gaps between racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups…
We develop a Bayesian latent factor model of the joint long-run evolution of GDP per capita for 113 countries over the 118 years from 1900…
We develop new quasi-experimental tools to measure disparate impact, regardless of its source, in the context of bail decisions. We show…
Past studies have found that racial and ethnic minorities are more likely than White drivers to be pulled over by the police for alleged…
Social protection programs have become increasingly widespread in low- and middle-income countries, with their own distinct characteristics…
We analyze the effects of bans on exports at the level of 5000 products and show how our results can inform economic sanctions against…
Industrial policies have been with us for a long time, but often they have been carried out surreptitiously and without clear motivation.…
We study the effects of Secure Communities, an immigration enforcement program that dramatically increased interior removals of Hispanic…
The COVID-19 pandemic (and its aftermath) highlights a critical need to communicate health information effectively to the global public.…