Can we nudge children, adolescents and their parents to make better decisions on
education? And can we nudge teachers to support and encourage better decision making …

Although researchers investigating psychological contributors to educational inequality have
traditionally focused on students, a growing literature highlights the importance of teachers' …

We study the effect of physician workforce diversity on the demand for preventive care
among African American men. In an experiment in Oakland, California, we randomize black …

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 …

Teachers are an important source of information for traditionally disadvantaged students.
However, little is known about how teachers form expectations and whether they are …

Personal experiences of economic outcomes, from global financial crises to individual-level
job losses, can shape individual beliefs, risk attitudes, and choices for years to come. A …

Nonfinancial barriers to college are an important possible explanation for socioeconomic,
racial, gender, and other gaps in college access and success. A sizeable economic …

To reduce the gender gap in science fields, policymakers often propose providing women
with mentoring by female scientists. However, there is no clear evidence on whether one-on …

This paper studies the effect of teacher gender and ethnicity on student evaluations of
teaching at university. We analyze a unique data-set featuring mixed teaching teams and a …

The underrepresentation of women and racial and ethnic minorities in computer science
(CS) and other fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) is a serious …