Adolescenceâ€" beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20sâ€" is a
critical period of development during which key areas of the brain mature and develop …

Errors in probabilistic reasoning have been the focus of much psychology research and are
among the original topics of modern behavioral economics. This chapter reviews theory and …

We study the results of a massive nationwide correspondence experiment sending more
than 83,000 fictitious applications with randomized characteristics to geographically …

Disparities by race, gender, and other protected characteristics have been widely
documented in many important settings—such as employment, housing, criminal justice …

We review the empirical literature in economics on discrimination in the labor market and
criminal justice system, focusing primarily on discrimination by race. We then discuss …

Researchers often lack the necessary data to credibly estimate racial discrimination in
policing. In particular, police administrative records lack information on civilians police …

We conduct laboratory experiments that explore how gender stereotypes shape beliefs
about ability of oneself and others in different categories of knowledge. The data reveal two …

Racial disparities in the criminal justice system are well documented and widespread. The
present review examines racial disparities in three areas of the system: policing, prison …

We model the dynamics of discrimination and show how its evolution can identify the
underlying source. We test these theoretical predictions in a field experiment on a large …

While hypothesis testing is a highly formalized activity, hypothesis generation remains
largely informal. We propose a systematic procedure to generate novel hypotheses about …