The Biden Administration Is Addicted to Partnerships
The inauspicious return of the Cold War strategy of “Pactomania.â€
Research
Most Hourly Workers at Large Service Sector Firms Still Lack Paid Sick Leave
Paid sick leave is essential for worker well-being and the public health, yet the United States does not have a federal law guaranteeing workers access to paid sick leave.
Community Engagement with Law Enforcement after High-Profile Acts of Police Violence
We document a sharp rise in gunshots coupled with declining 911 call volume across thirteen major US cities in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd.
Media Measurement Matters: Estimating the Persuasive Effects of Partisan Media with Survey and Behavioral Data
To what extent do partisan media influence political attitudes and behavior?
Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis
We study people's willingness to trade off civil liberties for increased health security in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic by deploying representative surveys involving around 550,000 responses
Feeling uncertain despite knowing the risk: Patients with OCD (but not controls) experience known and unknown probabilistic decisions as similarly distressing and uncertain
Patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) present as risk-averse and avoidant of feared stimuli, yet the literature examining risk aversion in OCD is conflicting.
Improving delivery of the social safety net: The role of stigma
Many low-income households in the US miss out on social safety net benefits because of the information, compliance, and psychological costs associated with take-up of government assistance.
Advanced economies will experience subdued growth, outlook for emerging markets is varied
The global economy is projected to expand 3.0 percent in 2023 and 2.8 percent in 2024, a slower pace than the 3.4 percent rate in 2022.
Reconciling Legal and Empirical Conceptions of Disparate Impact
In this paper, we consider the statistical foundations for empirical tests of disparate impact.
Community Mobility and Depressive Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
Importance: Marked elevation in levels of depressive symptoms compared with historical norms have been described during the COVID-19 pandemic, and understanding the extent to which these are associate
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