Measuring the Market for Legal Firearms
The Massachusetts Firearms Records Bureau recently published administrative data covering the universe of legal firearm transactions in the state.
Research
Cities as Engines of Opportunities: Evidence from Brazil
Are developing-world cities engines of opportunities for low-wage earners?
Thinking about Parents: Gender and Field of Study
In this paper, we implement a lab-in-field experiment among around 2000 children enrolled in 14 middle schools in Italy to investigate whether thinking about parental recommendation affects students’
Servicing Development: Productive Upgrading of Labor-Absorbing Services in Developing Countries
The future of developing countries lies in services. Enhancing productivity in labor-absorbing services in particular must be an essential priority, for reasons of both growth and equity.
Algorithmic Recommendations When the Stakes Are High: Evidence from Judicial Elections
We ask whether increased public scrutiny leads to the more effective use of predictive algorithms.
Building Non-Discriminatory Algorithms in Selected Data
We develop new quasi-experimental tools to understand algorithmic discrimination and build non-discriminatory algorithms when the outcome of interest is only selectively observed.
How Far Can Inclusion Go? The Long-term Impacts of Preferential College Admissions
Affirmative action and preferential admission policies play a crucial role in fostering social mobility by bolstering the prospects of disadvantaged groups.
Indexing Equity: A data-driven approach to improving equity in Tacoma, Wash.
Tacoma's Equity Index is a data-driven tool that allows leadership to not only measure progress in ensuring equitable services, but also to see interconnected outcomes on issues like safety community-
Which direction should we head to get to our North Star?
I was gratified to see Liran Einav and Amy Finkelstein write, “if Furman and others like him are enthusiastic about trying to build momentum for a proposal for universal, automatic, basic coverage wit
Starting health reform from here
My own preference is for incremental health reform rather than the teardown they advocate.
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