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After Mass Shootings, It's Often Easier to Buy a Gun

June 14, 2016

The New York Times | Discusses recent study by faculty affiliate Michael Luca, Deepak Malhotra, and Christopher Poliquin, all of Harvard Business School. Luca and colleagues find a 15% increase in the introduction of gun-related bills in state legislatures following a mass shooting, but no statistically significant increase in gun laws enacted in either Democrat-led or divided state legislatures. In contrast, in states with Republican-controlled legislatures, they find a 75% increase in laws passed to loosen gun restrictions. 
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After mass shootings, Republicans make it easier to buy guns

June 14, 2016

Washington Post | Discusses recent study by faculty affiliate Michael Luca, Deepak Malhotra, and Christopher Poliquin, all of Harvard Business School. Luca and colleagues find a 15% increase in the introduction of gun-related bills in state legislatures following a mass shooting, but no statistically significant increase in gun laws enacted in either Democrat-led or divided state legislatures. In contrast, in states with Republican-controlled legislatures, they find a 75% increase in laws passed to loosen gun restrictions. 
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After police violence against unarmed black men, 911 crime calls drop

October 3, 2016

Ars Technica | Examines new study published in the American Sociological Review by Harvard's Matthew Desmond (John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences), Andrew V. Papachristos (Yale University), and David S. Kirk (University of Oxford).



After Trump: How authoritarian voters will change American politics

April 28, 2016

Vox | Quotes Theda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, and Vanessa S. Williamson (Ph.D. '14), Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. Also cites research of Skocpol and Alex Hertel-Fernandez (Ph.D. candidate in Government & Social Policy) showing that wealthy donor networks have largely supplanted the GOP in the share of financial resources available for conservative causes and candidates.



After Words with George Borjas

October 20, 2016

C-SPAN Book TV | George Borjas talked about his book We Wanted Workers: Unraveling the Immigration Narrative, in which he examines the impact of immigration on the U.S. economy. He is interviewed by Edward Alden, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of The Closing of the American Border.  Borjas is the Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy at Harvard Kennedy School [video + transcript: 60 minutes].



After Words with George Borjas

October 20, 2016

C-SPAN Book TV | George Borjas talked about his book We Wanted Workers: Unraveling the Immigration Narrative, in which he examines the impact of immigration on the U.S. economy throughout history. He is interviewed by Edward Alden, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of The Closing of the American Border. Borjas is the Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.



After years behind bars, can prisoners re-enter a digital world?

February 4, 2015

Fusion | Bruce Western



Aiming Higher Together: Strategizing Better Educational Outcomes for Boys and Young Men of Color

May 10, 2016

Urban Institute | By Ronald F. Ferguson, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy. Boys and young men of color remain overrepresented among those who do not excel academically and face home, school, peer-group, and societal disadvantages relative to their white peers. This report proposes strategies to achieve a person-environment fit that can change dynamics and lead to better educational outcomes for these students.



Airbnb Isn’t Doing Enough

September 9, 2016

Slate | By Ray Fisman  and Michael Luca. The company announced plans to combat discrimination on its platform. It’s still falling short, argue Fisman and Luca. Fisman is the Slater family professor in behavioral economics at Boston University. Michael Luca is an assistant professor at Harvard Business School.



Airbnb says it plans to take action to crack down on racial discrimination on its site

June 2, 2016

Washington Post | Highlights widely-cited study by Benjamin Edelman, Michael Luca and Dan Svirsky of Harvard Business School, who found "widespread discrimination" by Airbnb hosts. Quotes Michael Luca, Assistant Professor at HBS, who argues that "the onus is on Airbnb to make changes" and identifies several possible remedies.

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