Research

Adukia
Many but not all roads lead to education – and infrastructure matters to providing opportunities.
People looking on at a computer
It's hard to empirically measure sexism with data, as it, in recent times, often hides underneath the surface. Without sexism being openly admitted, or even always conscious, Dan Black says there is what he calls a “mystery factor” of sexism in the data.
Kim Wolske
More and more households in the United States are choosing to install solar panels on their roofs thanks to favorable incentives and financing models.
A photo of Ugandan bank notes.
Vote-buying is endemic in many countries around the world – even in countries where politicians regularly vie for public office through competitive elections.
Homelessness
Predictive modeling can be used to help address the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles County according to a recently released report by researchers at the California Policy Lab and the University of Chicago Poverty Lab at Harris.
Jeffrey Grogger
Workers with racially and regionally distinctive speech patterns earn lower wages compared to those who speak in the mainstream vernacular.