How does one's place of residence affect individual behavior and long-run outcomes?
Understanding neighborhood and place effects has been a leading question for social …

How do early-life experiences shape political identity? We examine the end of race-based
busing in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, an event that led to large changes in school racial …

This study examines the impact of residential mobility on electoral participation among the
poor by matching data from Moving to Opportunity, a US-based multicity housing-mobility …

Socioeconomic disadvantage is a major correlate of low political participation. This
association is among the most robust findings in political science. However, it is based …

The Trump administration implemented a controversial performance quota policy for
immigration judges in October 2018. The policy's political motivations were clear: to …

We study geographic political representation and geographic distribution of local public
goods within local jurisdictions with at-large proportional representation elections. We use …

Though there has been a wealth of work showing that negative experiences with
government lead to less political participation, there is little understanding of how to address …

Around the globe, governments are experimenting with lowering the voting age to 16-years-
old as a way to turn around recent declines in civic participation. However, one concern is …

In 1974, a federal court ordered that public schools in Jefferson County, KY be
desegregated. To achieve racial integration, students were assigned to a busing schedule …

Can well-intentioned policies create barriers to voting? Election administrators in Munich
(Germany) recruit new polling places and control precinct sizes to improve voting …