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Baltimore Renters Turn to Judge Judy to Navigate Eviction Flood

December 7, 2015

Bloomberg Business | Matthew Desmond notes that evictions often start a vicious cycle, forcing tenants into homelessness or substandard housing.



Baltimore riots put Obama strategy for American cities under closer scrutiny

May 4, 2015

Washington Post |Patrick Sharkey (Ph.D. '07)



Ban the box: President Obama's plan to help ex-prisoners get jobs, explained

November 2, 2015

Vox | Devah Pager, Bruce Western featured in this look at the research behind the policy.



Adolph, Christopher. 2013. Bankers, bureaucrats, and central bank politics: The myth of neutrality. New York: Cambridge University Press.



Bankruptcy and the economy: A Fresh start

March 14, 2015

The Economist | Will Dobbie (Ph.D. '13)



Barbara Kiviat

PhD in Sociology and Social Policy, 2019.
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Stanford University.


Best Article Award from the American Sociological Association Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity, 2020.

Awarded for “The Moral Limits of Predictive Practices: The Case of Credit-Based Insurance Scores,” American Sociological Review 84:6 (2019).

Honorable Mention, Granovetter Award for Best Article, from American Sociological Association's Section on Economic Sociology, 2020.

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Bargaining for the American Dream: What Unions Do for Mobility

September 9, 2015

Center for American Progress [event video]| Harvard economist Richard B. Freeman and former U.S. Treasury Secretary, currently Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Lawrence H. Summers discuss the role of unions in the economy and society.



Barriers to Shared Growth: The Case of Land Use Regulation and Economic Rents

November 20, 2015

Council of Economic Advisers | Remarks by CEA Jason Furman draw on research by Edward Glaeser, Raven Saks Molloy (Ph.D. '05, now Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Daniel Shoag (Ph.D. '11, now HKS), and Albert Saiz (Ph.D. '02, now MIT).



Leigh, Andrew. 2013. Battlers & Billionaires: the story of Inequality in Australia.



Behavioral Exchange Award for Outstanding Research

September 3, 2015

Awardee | Sendhil Mullainathan and co-authors Anandi Mani (University of Warwick), Eldar Shafir (Princeton), and Jiaying Zhao (University of British Columbia) recognized for their article, "Poverty Impedes Cognitive Function," Science 341 (6149): 976-980.

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