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vlog Working Paper No. RWP25-001
Behaviorally-informed “nudges” are widely used in government outreach, but face criticism for being too modest to address poverty at scale. Indeed, when used to increase the take-…
The U.S. has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world, with over seven million individuals admitted to jails each year. These incarcerated individuals are the only…
The next U.S. president will inherit multiple epidemics with inequitably distributed effects. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are likely to take divergent policy approaches to…
vlog Working Paper No. RWP23-031
This paper investigates how having more White coworkers influences the subsequent retention and promotion of Black women. Studying 9,037 new hires at a professional services firm…
Affirmative action and preferential admission policies play a crucial role in fostering social mobility by bolstering the prospects of disadvantaged groups. In this paper, we…
Vol. 16, Issue 1, Pages 394-414
We experimentally vary signals and senders to identify which combination will increase vaccine demand among a disadvantaged population in the United States—Black and White men…
Vol. 8, Issue 1, Pages 63-71
Previous research focused on popular US Supreme Court rulings expanding rights; however, less is known about rulings running against prevailing public opinion and restricting…
In this article, we examine evaluation bias against Black, Latino, and Asian residents before and after a major change in the way internal medicine (IM) residents were evaluated…
Importance: The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) requires Medicare to negotiate prices for some high-spending drugs but exempts drugs approved solely for the treatment of a single…
This paper documents the existence of a ‘formality effect’ in government communications. Across three online studies and three field experiments in different policy contexts (…