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Why are so many people in U.S. prisons? Key findings from the National Research Council

July 22, 2015

Journalist's Resource | Bruce Western



Why spreading profits and capital ownership is the best way to reduce income inequality in America

July 28, 2015

Scholars Strategy Network | By Joseph R. Blasi, Douglas L. Kruse (Rutgers), and Richard B. Freeman



Judges: Does race affect how often rulings are reversed?

August 24, 2015

Journalist's Resource | Maya Sen



National Academy of Sciences releases report: The Integration of Immigrants into American Society

September 21, 2015

National Academy of Sciences | Mary C. Waters chaired the national panel of experts who wrote the 520-page report, which is to be published by The National Academies Press. View the Report in Brief (6 pp) ► 




Correcting Signals for Innovation in Health Care

October 5, 2015

The Hamilton Project | By Nicholas Bagley (University of Michigan Law School), Amtabh Chandra, and Austin Frakt (U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs and Boston University). Issued in conjunction with The Hamilton Project's policy forum, "Addressing Economic Challenges in an Evolving Health Care Market," held Oct 7, 2015, at The Brookings Institution.



The Influence of Teaching

October 26, 2015

The Achievement Gap Initiative at Harvard University | By Ronald F. Ferguson, Sarah F. Phillips (Tripod Education Partners), Jacob F.S. Rowley (Tripod Education Partners), and Jocelyn W. Friedlander (AGI).



New Study Outlines Impacts of Higher Health Insurance Deductibles

October 22, 2015

Harvard Kennedy School | Amitabh Chandra



Self-Selection of Emigrants: Theory and Evidence on Stochastic Dominance in Observable and Unobservable Characteristics

October 26, 2015

HKS Working Paper Series | By George Borjas.



What Do Unions Do for the Middle Class?

January 13, 2016

Center for American Progress | New research by Richard B. Freeman and collaborators suggests that about one-third of the decline in the share of middle class workers is directly tied to the decreasing share of workers in unions. "The big question this research raises for Americans troubled by the decline of the middle class is whether the growth and level of inequality can be reduced without a strong labor movement,” said Freeman, Herbert Anchorman Professor of Economics at Harvard.
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Economic Report of the President 2016

February 22, 2016

Council of Economic Advisers | Inequality (chapter 1) and early childhood disparities (chapter 4) were a central focus of this year's annual report, drawing extensively on research by many Inequality & Social Policy faculty and alumni. We are particularly partial to p. 182, which cites work by (then) doctoral fellow Sarah Cohodes et. al., "The Effect of Child Health Insurance Access on Schooling." Cohodes (Ph.D. '15) is now an Assistant Professor of Education and Public Policy at Teachers College, Columbia University.

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