Research
Urban Poverty, Race, and Space
Here’s how History is Shaping the #studentblackout Movement
Students are protesting over racism across campuses in the United States.
Political Leadership and the Urban Poor
Based on survey research and ethnographic interviews, we analyze struggles over housing and access to infrastructure in two low-income "unplanned settlements" in the National Capital Region of Delhi,
How to Counter Rape During War
Last year, at a global conference on sexual violence during war, many speakers agreed that the best way to deter such crimes was prosecution, and they called for more of it.
A Candid Conversation about Schools, Culture, and the Widening Opportunity Gap in America with Professor Robert D. Putnam
An interview with Professor Robert D. Putnam about his new book "Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis."
The Wage Impact of the Marielitos: A Reappraisal
This paper brings a new perspective to the analysis of the Mariel supply shock, revisiting the question and the data armed with the accumulated insights from the vast literature on the economic impact
The Distributional Consequences of Public School Choice
School choice systems aspire to delink residential location and school assignments by allowing children to apply to schools outside of their neighborhood.
Do States Delegate Shameful Violence to Militias? Patterns of Sexual Violence in Recent Armed Conflicts
Existing research maintains that governments delegate extreme, gratuitous, or excessively brutal violence to militias.
On the Fast Track: The Spread of Gender Quota Policies for Elected Office
What has driven the worldwide adoption and subsequent revision of gender quota policies?
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