Political scientists Larry M. Bartels (Princeton University) and Theda Skocpol (Harvard University) discuss the 2008 Presidential election and what it means for trends in economic inequality in the United States.
Vox |Cites work by Jonah Rockoff (Ph.D. '04), co-authored with Raj Chetty and John N. Friedman, on long-term impacts of tax credits on children's test scores, college attendance, earnings, and teen birth rates.
Vox | Delves into informational model put forth by Torben Iversen and David Soskice (LSE) to explain why growing income inequality in the U.S. is associated with polarization in Congress but not in the mass electorate. View Iversen-Soskice's original article in the current issue of Comparative Political Studies ▶
PhD in Education Policy and Program Evaluation, 2020 LSE Fellow in Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science (2019-2021) Founding Faculty, London Interdisciplinary School (beginning 2021)
Financial Times [audio: 55 mins]|An in-depth conversation with economist Claudia Goldin about her work on the history of women in the workforce and the causes of the lingering gender wage gap.