Over the last two decades, social scientists across the disciplines have worked
tirelessly to enhance the precision of claims made about…
Sarah Glavery and her coauthors draw a distinction between explicit knowledge, which is easily identified and shared through databases and…
This book seeks to narrow two gaps: first, between the widespread use of case studies and their frequently “loose” methodological moorings…
The opening chapter provides a brief outline of the conventional division of labor between qualitative and quantitative methods in the…
Partnerships are inherently challenging. They require two or more partners to share common goals and to work together over the lifetime of…
May 31, 2022, Opinion: "Even though US consumer confidence is low, consumer spending remains strong as households spend down excess savings…
Officials working on public policies must answer questions like ‘What does policy success mean?’ and ‘How should I pursue policy work in…
May 2022, Paper: "The literature on tax capacity has shed light on the descriptive, long-run trends in tax performance and the micro-…
May 2022, Paper: "This paper makes the case that current social contracts are often inadequate, irrelevant, or unjust for informal workers…
May 2022, Book Chapter: "This chapter evaluates state capacity from a long-run historical perspective. We discuss how to define and measure…