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Alumni awarded RSF Presidential Authority grants

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Russell Sage Foundation | Alumni Michael Hankinson (PhD in Government & Social Policy, 2017), Sarah Halpern-Meekin (PhD in Sociology & Social Policy, 2019), and Nathan Wilmers (PhD in Sociology, 2018) are among the fall 2019 recipients of RSF Presidential...

Meet our fellows

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DOCTORAL FELLOWS Welcome, 2014-15 cohort! Each year 8-12 new Doctoral Fellows selected from Harvard's Ph.D. programs in the social sciences. View ALUMNI Where are they now? Over 125 Inequality doctoral fellows have earned their Ph.D.'s. View ON THE JOB...

Ashley Craig: International Institute of Public Finance Young Economist Award 2020

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Ashley Craig, PhD 2019 in Economics and a Stone PhD Scholar alumnus, has been awarded the International Institute of Public Finance Young Economist Award for his paper, “Optimal Income Taxation with Spillovers from Employer Learning.” Ash Craig is now an...

Open letter from political scientists clarifies evidence concerning Trump claim that millions of non-citizens voted in 2016 election

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An open letter signed by nearly 200 professional political scientists and scholars of political behavior, including Harvard professor Ryan Enos and Inequality & Social Policy alumni Bernard Fraga PhD'13 (Indiana University), Alex Hertel-Fernandez PhD'16...

Academic economists launch EconoFact.org

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EconoFact | EconoFact launches as "a non-partisan publication designed to bring key facts and incisive analysis to the national debate on economic and social policies." The posts are written by leading academic economists from across the country who...

Anthony Jack: A New Voice for Diversity in Higher Ed

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Harvard Alumni for Education (HAEd ) | Interview with Anthony Abraham Jack (Ph.D. '16), now Harvard Society of Fellows. "What I’m showing is that two students who come from similar backgrounds are experiencing college so differently. Why? And what are...

Economic Report of the President 2016

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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...

New Progress on Using Behavioral Sciences Insights

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The White House | One year ago President Obama issued an executive order directing Federal Government agencies to apply behavioral science insights to their programs to better serve the American people. To mark the past year of progress, today the White...

Devah Pager named to W.T. Grant Foundation Board of Trustees

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William T. Grant Foundation | Devah Pager, Professor of Sociology and Public Policy and Director of the Inequality & Social Policy program, will join the William T. Grant Foundation's Board of Trustees in 2017. The William T. Grant Foundation invests in...

Can populist economics coexist with pro-immigrant policies?

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Vox | A new study by professors Alberto Alesina and Stefanie Stantcheva of Harvard Economics finds that misperceptions about immigration are widespread, and mostly serve to reduce support for redistributive programs. The paper is part of a broader project...

Who are the 2017 RHSU Edu-Scholar Rising Stars?

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Education Week | Education Week released its annual RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, which "recognize those university-based scholars in the U.S. who are doing the most to influence educational policy and practice." Of the top 10 junior...