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Harris Public Policy Announces Center for Impact Sciences

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Harris Public Policy today announced the formation of the Center for Impact Sciences, an initiative to make evidence-based analysis more accessible and actionable for policymakers across all levels of government and the nonprofit sector.
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Navigating Analytical Politics

Ever wonder what motivates a political compromise? Or why individuals in society fail to address shared social problems? Analytical Politics I, a required course taken by all Harris Master of Public Policy students in their first quarter, addresses these problems head-on. That’s why it has become my favorite class this quarter...
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Statement on Google Policy Changes Issued via the UChicago Bipartisan Working Group on Digital Political Media & Democracy

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Responding to Google’s announcement of changes to its policies regarding targeting of political ads, Republican and Democratic members of a bipartisan working group of political consultants and practitioners issued the following statement.
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Professor Jeffrey Grogger Discusses the Relationship Between Speech Patterns and Wages

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Individuals who speak distinctly in the dialect of African American Vernacular English or who have the vocal patterns of white Southern individuals earn significantly less than people who speak what is considered to be mainstream English.
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Center for Effective Government Bipartisan Working Group Responds to Changes to Online Political Ad Policies

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The fourteen members of the working group who signed the open letter believe that the elimination of microtargeting as an online political ad tool is counterproductive.

Virtual Chat with Admissions

Admissions
Please join us for a virtual chat to answer last-minute application questions before submitting for the December 3, 2019 Deadline.
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Behavioral Insights and Parenting (BIP) Lab Begins Partnership with TalkingPoints and MIT's J-PAL North America

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“We are excited for this opportunity to rigorously test our family engagement platform to understand its true impact on parental engagement and, ultimately, student achievement,” says Heejae Lim, founder and CEO of TalkingPoints. 
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Why Nobody Trusts Economists

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Both worked for the White House Council of Economic Advisers, with Greenstone serving in the administration of President Barack Obama and Baicker confirmed by the Senate during the administration of President George W. Bush.
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Associate Professor Koichiro Ito Awarded Japanese Economic Association’s Prestigious Ishikawa Prize

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Koichiro Ito, an associate professor at the Harris School of Public Policy, is the 2020 recipient of the Japanese Economic Association’s prestigious Ishikawa Prize
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Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee and UChicago scholars discuss, “Can Economics Save the World?”

Students recently had the unique opportunity to hear a panel composed of a Nobel laureate, top UChicago economists, and the president of the Obama Foundation as they discussed the question, "Can Economics Save the World?"
Nelson Puc

Student Profile: Nelson Puc, MPP Class of 2021

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Puc seeks to close gaps between urban and rural schools by working at his country’s Ministry of Education.