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Elizabeth Linos
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-…
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Marcella Alsan
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…
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Marcella Alsan
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…
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Elizabeth Linos
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…
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Michela Carlana
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…
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Marcella Alsan
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…
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Maya Sen
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…
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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…
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Amitabh Chandra
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…
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Elizabeth Linos
This paper documents the existence of a ‘formality effect’ in government communications. Across three online studies and three field experiments in different policy contexts (…