This article reviews the existing field experimentation literature on the prevalence of
discrimination, the consequences of such discrimination, and possible approaches to …

Improving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, especially
for traditionally disadvantaged groups, is widely recognized as pivotal to the United States's …

The law forbids discrimination. But the ambiguity of human decision-making often makes it
hard for the legal system to know whether anyone has discriminated. To understand how …

I study whether exposure to teacher stereotypes, as measured by the Gender-Science
Implicit Association Test, affects student achievement. I provide evidence that the gender …

Abstract Using Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) microdata over the 1980–2010
period, we provide new empirical evidence on the extent of and trends in the gender wage …

We study how childhood exposure to a nontraditional family (a working married mother, a
married mother that is the primary breadwinner, or a non-married mother) affects gender role …

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

Researchers have long endeavored to understand whether teachers' evaluations of their
students' mathematical ability or performance are accurate or whether their evaluations …

Researchers from economics, sociology, psychology, and other disciplines have studied the
persistent under-representation of women in science, technology, engineering, and …

Street-level bureaucrats have to cope with high workloads, role conflicts, and limited
resources. An important way in which they cope with this is by prioritizing some clients, while …