We evaluate the empirical evidence interrogating the question of whether social media
erodes social cohesion. We look at how networks, information exchange, and norms operate …

For over a century, psychology has focused on uncovering mental processes of a single
individual. However, humans rarely navigate the world in isolation. The most important …

Low levels of social interaction across class lines have generated widespread concern,,–
and are associated with worse outcomes, such as lower rates of upward income mobility …

Low-income families often live in low-upward-mobility neighborhoods. We study why by
using a randomized trial with housing voucher recipients that provided information, financial …

After the run on Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), US regional banks entered a period of significant
distress. We quantify social media's role in this distress using comprehensive Twitter data …

We analyze data from approximately 7,800 school districts to describe variation in pandemic-
related learning losses among communities and student subgroups. We attempt to …

US public schools are racially and economically segregated. Prior research shows that the
desegregation of Southern schools beginning in the 1960s led to significant benefits for …

Abstract Knowledge spillovers across economic agents are central to the process of
technological innovation. Yet, the mechanisms by which spillovers travel and manifest as …

A long-standing expectation is that large, dense and cosmopolitan areas support
socioeconomic mixing and exposure among diverse individuals,,,,–. Assessing this …

The use of formal privacy to protect the confidentiality of responses in the 2020 Decennial
Census of Population and Housing has triggered renewed interest and debate over how to …