This paper examines race and police use of force using data on 1.6 million 911 calls in two
cities, neither of which allows for discretion in officer dispatch. Results indicate White officers …

Instrumental variables (IV) analysis is a powerful, but fragile, tool for drawing causal
inferences from observational data. Sociologists increasingly turn to this strategy in settings …

Strengthening women's ownership of and control over land is an important development
goal. This paper studies the extent of women's land rights in rural Tanzania and how …

Cognitive decline is a widespread concern as populations grow older. However, population
aging is partly driven by a decrease in fertility, and family size may influence cognitive …

Access to prenatal sex-detection technology in India has led to a phenomenal increase in
abortion of girls. We find that it has also narrowed the gender gap in under-five mortality …

South Korea is the first country to shift from strong son preference to preferring daughters.
This paper examines the factors associated with daughter preference, using data from the …

The educational attainment of young women now exceeds that of young men in most of the
developed world, and women account for about 60% of new four-year college graduates in …

This paper analyzes newly collected life-cycle panel data on the original participants of the
pioneering HighScope Perry Preschool Project (PPP) social experiment through late midlife …

We use high-quality administrative data from Austria to estimate the effect of
grandmotherhood on the labor supply decision of older workers. Assuming that …

We use administrative data from Washington State to perform a large-scale analysis of the
impact of family formation on crime. Our estimates indicate that pregnancy triggers sharp …