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Profiling Insurrection: Characterizing Collective Action Using Mobile Device Data

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Finding•Feb 26, 2021

“Drive and Wave”: The Response to LAPD Police Reforms After Rampart

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Research / BFI Working Paper•Sep 22, 2021

What Explains the Decline in r*? Rising Income Inequality Versus Demographic Shifts

Atif Mian, Ludwig Straub, Amir Sufi

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Research / BFI Working Paper•Sep 21, 2021

Heterogeneous Impacts of Sentencing Decisions

Andrew Jordan, Ezra Karger, Derek Neal

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Research / BFI Working Paper•Sep 20, 2021

Fragile Algorithms and Fallible Decision-Makers: Lessons from the Justice System

Jens Ludwig, Sendhil Mullainathan

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BFI News•Sep 24, 2021

BFI and EPIC-China Announce 2021-22 Liang Family Research Fellow

Media Mention•Sep 23, 2021

You Deserve a Bigger Paycheck. Here’s How You Might Get It.

New York Times; Eric Posner

Media Mention•Sep 22, 2021

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New York Times; Marianne Bertrand

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