Decades of research across several disciplines have produced substantial evidence that
labor unions, on balance, reduce economic disparities. But unions are complicated …

Big Data has become a very popular term. It refers to the enormous amount of structured,
semi-structured and unstructured data that are exponentially generated by high …

Statisticians are increasingly posed with thought-provoking and even paradoxical questions,
challenging our qualifications for entering the statistical paradises created by Big Data. By …

The proliferation of increasingly strict voter identification laws around the country has raised
concerns about voter suppression. Although there are many reasons to suspect that these …

In The Turnout Gap, Bernard L. Fraga offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of the
causes and consequences of racial and ethnic disparities in voter turnout. Examining voting …

Politicians and citizens increasingly engage in political conversations on social media
outlets such as Twitter. In this article, I show that the structure of the social networks in which …

Hacking the Electorate is the most comprehensive study to date about the consequences of
campaigns using microtargeting databases to mobilize voters in elections. Eitan Hersh …

Eliciting honest answers to sensitive questions is frustrated if subjects withhold the truth for
fear that others will judge or punish them. The resulting bias is commonly referred to as …

During the past two generations, democratic forms have coexisted with massive increases in
economic inequality in the United States and many other advanced democracies. Moreover …

Bundestagswahlen, Landtagswahlen, Kommunalwahlen, Europawahlen–seit Jahren sinkt
die Wahlbeteiligung in Deutschland. Doch was steht hinter diesem Trend und was bedeutet …