Gender Differences in Professional Career Dynamics: New Evidence from a Global Law Firm
We examine gender gaps in career dynamics in the legal sector using rich panel data from one of the largest global law firms in the world.
Research
Low-Income Students Lose Ground
Income inequality in college attendance and graduation in the United States was troublingly large before the pandemic.
Why Did Racial Progress Stall in America?
Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Civic Education
A well-informed citizenry is essential in a democracy to preserve American values and make sound decisions in every area, from the school board meeting to the voting booth.
Understanding the Success of the Know-Nothing Party
We study the contribution of economic conditions to the success of the first avowedly nativist political party in the United States.
Civic Responses to Police Violence
Roughly a thousand people are killed by American law enforcement officers each year, accounting for more than 5% of all homicides. We estimate the causal impact of these events on civic engagement.
We’ve Seen These Proposed Boston Police Reforms before -- They Don’t Work
Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report 2020: Reversals of Fortune
Previous Poverty and Shared Prosperity Reports have conveyed the difficult message that the world is not on track to meet the global goal of reducing extreme poverty to 3 percent by 2030.
Covid-19 and the Climate Crisis are Part of the Same Battle
To survive the challenges we must reinforce respect for science and nature, sensible public policy, and the interconnected world.
Changes in the Performance of Students in Charter and District Sectors of U. S. Education: An Analysis of Nationwide Trends
We use a quadratic equation to estimate trends in cohort performances in the charter and district sectors on the National Assessment of Educational Progress in 4th and 8th grade between 2005 and 2017.
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