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A most egalitarian profession: pharmacy and the evolution of a family-friendly occupation

June 8, 2017

Microeconomic Insights | By Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz. "How much of the earnings gap between men and women is because the latter choose jobs and occupations that enable flexibility in their work, predictability in their hours and bounds on their work schedule?," ask Harvard economics professors Claudia Goldin and Lawrence Katz. Here they summarize their recent article by the same title, pubilshed in 2016 in the Journal of Labor Economics.
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A New Investment Opportunity: Helping Ex-Convicts

December 21, 2015

The Atlantic | Jeffrey Liebman, Malcolm Wiener Professor of Public Policy, explains how Pay for Success programs can provide real-time data to learn more rapidly what works in connecting those leaving prison with jobs and reducing recidivism.



A New Look at Tracking in Boston Schools

August 3, 2015

BNN TV | Sarah Cohodes (Ph.D. '15)  interviewed about her research on the effects of advanced-work classes in the Boston Public Schools.



A New Parchment Declaration of Independence Surfaces. Head-Scratching Ensues.

April 21, 2017

The New York Times | A remarkable discoverty by Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard. "Its subtle details, the scholars argue, illuminate an enduring puzzle at the heart of American politics: Was the country founded by a unitary national people, or by a collection of states? 'That is really the key riddle of the American system,' said Danielle Allen, a professor of government at Harvard, who discovered the document with a colleague, Emily Sneff."



A new view of gentrification

August 1, 2014

Harvard Gazette | Robert Sampson, Jackelyn Hwang (Ph.D. candidate in Sociology & Social Policy)




A Nuanced Take on Health Care Consumerism

December 14, 2015

Forbes | Four experts, including Amitabh Chandra, weigh in.



A principled federal role in PreK-12 education

December 7, 2016

Brookings Institution | By Douglas N. Harris, Helen F. Ladd, Marshall S. Smith, and Martin R. West. A set of principles to guide the federal role in education policy from a bipartisan group of scholars and policy experts. Martin West (Ph.D. '06) is an associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.



A Prize Worth Celebrating

October 9, 2016

Wall Street Journal | By Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics. In his review of “The Nobel Factor," Glaeser argues that "the best role for the Nobel Prize in economics is not to advance an ideology but rather to reinforce the requirement that economists should play by the same rules as scientists. "



A Puerto Rican enclave in Brooklyn confronts the realities of rising prices and gentrification

August 29, 2016

PRI's The World | Van C. Tran (Ph.D. '11) is interviewed on the gentrification of Sunset Park. Tran is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Columbia University.



A Republic at Risk: In 1787, the challenge was how to keep a fledgling democracy together

October 1, 2017

The Boston Globe | By David A. Moss and Marc Campasano, Harvard Business School. Editor's note: Amid the turmoil of today’s politics, it’s useful, even vital, to step back from the news and contemplate the fundamentals. In that spirit, Moss will lead a public discussion of this case at Faneuil Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 11, as part of the upcoming HUBweek festival.

David A. Moss is the Paul Whiton Cherington Professor at Harvard Business School and the author of Democracy: A Case Study (Harvard University Press, 2017)— which includes this case and 18 more.

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