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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



Aiding the “Doubly Disadvantaged”

August 18, 2016

Harvard Magazine | Sociologist Anthony Jack (Ph.D. '16) explores the diversity of experience among low-income students, and what it means for colleges and professors to support an economically-diverse student body. Jack is a Junior Fellow with the Harvard Society of Fellows and will join the faculty as an Assistant Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in fall 2018.



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.



Albert Saíz

PhD in Economics, 2002.
Daniel Rose Professor of Urban Economics and Real Estate, MIT.
Director of the Urban Economics Lab, MIT.

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Alejandro J. Ganimian

Ed.D in Quantitative Policy Analysis in Education, 2015.
Assistant Professor of Applied Psychology and Economics, NYU-Steinhardt.
Non-resident Fellow. Center for Universal Education, Brookings Institution.


Senior Education Postdoctoral Fellow, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia, New Delhi, India, 2015-2017.

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Alex Albright: Law and Economics Fellows Writing Prize

June 3, 2019

Harvard Law School | Stone PhD Scholar Alex Albright (Economics) is the 2019 recipient of Harvard Law School's Law and Economics Fellows Writing Prize for her paper, “If You Give a Judge a Risk Score: Evidence from Kentucky Bail Decisions." Alex presented this work at ECINEQ 2019 at the Paris School of Economics.

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