Inequality & Social Policy events

The Crisis of Asset Homeownership: Remaking Landed Economic Security in Neoliberal America Luis Flores , Stone Program Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School Abstract: It has become common to interpret the transformation of household life in...

The Market for a Criminal Record: From Exclusion to Exploitation Among Formerly Incarcerated Workers Adam Reich , Associate Professor of Sociology, Columbia University Abstract: Previous research has identified how the mark of a criminal record leads to...

Social penumbras predict political attitudes Andrew Gelman , Higgins Professor of Statistics and Professor of Political Science, Columbia University Abstract: The political influence of a group is typically explained in terms of its size, geographic...

The Contracting State: How Infrastructure Failed to Develop Latin America Alisha Holland , Associate Professor of Government, Harvard University Abstract: Infrastructure is at the heart of contemporary development strategies and promises to improve social...

Social Disconnection and the Missing Market Amanda Pallais , Robert C. Waggoner Professor of Economics, Harvard University Abstract: Amidst what the U.S. Surgeon general calls a “loneliness epidemic,” we propose that an inefficiency exacerbates social...

The Effects of Facebook and Instagram on the 2020 Election: A Deactivation Experiment Matthew Gentzkow , Landau Professor of Technology and the Economy, Stanford University Abstract: We study the effect of Facebook and Instagram access on political...

"Ordinary Men:" Inside one of the Largest Armed Organizations of the Congo Raul Sanchez de la Sierra , Assistant Professor, University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy Abstract: This study investigates the paradox of humans engaging in...

Citizenship, Legal Status, and Misdemeanor Justice Michael T. Light , Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Abstract: Although minor forms of criminal justice contact are increasingly used to identify immigration violators, there is...

Cooperating Factions: A Network Analysis of Party Divisions in U.S. Presidential Nominations Rachel Blum , Assistant Professor in the Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center and the Department of Political Science, University of Oklahoma...

Sexual Harassment in Public Spaces and Police Patrols: Experimental Evidence from Urban India Nishith Prakash , Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Northeastern University Nishith Prakash is a Professor of Public Policy and Economics with a joint...