News News Profile Research In the News Admissions Blog Newsletters NewsProfileResearchIn the NewsConfronting COVID-19Black History Month#PolicyForwardSummer of Social ImpactResearchWorld’s First Particulate Pollution Market Reduced Pollution and Increased Industry ProfitsApril 15, 2025ResearchExperiment finds that the cap-and-trade market in Gujarat, India reduced pollution by 20 to 30 percent while reducing industrial plants’ pollution abatement costs by more than 10 percent and increasing compliance with the law.How Much Does the U.S. Fiscal System Redistribute?March 06, 2025NewsIn recent decades, income inequality in the United States has become a very contentious policy debate. Critics argue that tax cuts for the wealthy, especially those enacted in the 1980s and sustained over time, have worsened the income gap.Professor Konstantin Sonin Sheds Light on Purges During Joseph Stalin's Great Terror in New PaperFebruary 24, 2025NewsIn the history of authoritarian regimes, purges have been a common tool rulers use to maintain control by removing perceived threats. One of the most notorious episodes of purges took place during Joseph Stalin’s Great Terror of 1937-38.Assistant Professor Eduardo Montero Explores Results of Chagas Disease Campaign in Brazil in New Working PaperFebruary 17, 2025Newsn the 1980s, Brazil launched an ambitious campaign to eliminate Chagas disease, a neglected tropical disease (NTD) that primarily affects poor, non-white, and rural populations in Latin America.What Causes Congressional Polarization: Changing Politics, or Changing Politicians?January 13, 2025NewsResearch Addresses Impact of Legislative Agenda vs. Ideological Shifts in Congressional Polarization, Finds New Members To Be More Partisan, with Most Change Among Republicans.UChicago Health Lab Evaluation Results: The Chicago CARE Pilot Program Reduced Client Distress, Showcased Importance of City Agency Culture in Effective Mental Health Crisis ResponseDecember 05, 2024ResearchThe ambitious Crisis Assistance Response and Engagement Program spanned for two years and required multi-agency partnership.Pagination Page 1 Next page ›