To understand the persistence of racial disparities across multiple domains (eg, residential
location, schooling, employment, health, housing, credit, and justice) and to develop …

The collection and analysis of observational and experimental data represent the main tools
for assessing the presence, the extent, the nature, and the trend of discrimination …

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 …

This study investigates change over time in the level of hiring discrimination in US labor
markets. We perform a meta-analysis of every available field experiment of hiring …

We synthesize two related literatures on firm-level drivers of wage inequality. Studies of rent
sharing that use matched worker-firm data find elasticities of wages with respect to value …

There is growing evidence that firm-specific pay premiums are an important source of wage
inequality. These premiums will contribute to the gender wage gap if women are less likely …

Algorithms (in some form) are already widely used in the criminal justice system. We draw
lessons from this experience for what is to come for the rest of society as machine learning …

We study inaccurate beliefs as a source of discrimination. Economists typically characterize
discrimination as stemming from a taste-based (preference) or accurate statistical (belief …

How can we know how much racial animus costs a black presidential candidate, if many
people lie to surveys? I suggest a new proxy for an area's racial animus from a non-survey …

We examine gender differences in misconduct punishment in the financial advisory industry.
There is a “gender punishment gap”: following an incident of misconduct, female advisers …