Gender has a powerful influence on people's experience of, and resilience to, climate change. Global climate change policy is committed to tackling gender inequalities in …
Using a novel technique known as network meta-analysis, we synthesized evidence from 492 studies (87,418 participants) to investigate the effectiveness of procedures in changing …
Leveraging the Tennessee STAR class size experiment, we show that Black students randomly assigned to at least one Black teacher in grades K–3 are 9 percentage points (13 …
Economics is the mother tongue of public policy. It dominates our decision-making for the future, guides multi-billion-dollar investments, and shapes our responses to climate change …
The share of women in political offices has increased considerably over the past few decades in almost every country in the world. Does this matter for policy outcomes? This is …
M Bertrand, E Duflo - Handbook of economic field experiments, 2017 - Elsevier
This article reviews the existing field experimentation literature on the prevalence of discrimination, the consequences of such discrimination, and possible approaches to …
C Porter, D Serra - American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2020 - aeaweb.org
We conducted a field experiment aimed at increasing the percentage of women majoring in economics. We exposed students enrolled in introductory classes to successful and …
TC Dennehy, N Dasgupta - Proceedings of the National …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Scientific and engineering innovation is vital for American competitiveness, quality of life, and national security. However, too few American students, especially women, pursue these …
Gender roles are formed in early childhood and continue to influence behavior through adolescence and adulthood, including the choice of academic majors and careers. In many …