In a labor market hierarchy, promotions are affected by the noisiness of information about the candidates. I study the hypothesis that males are more risk taking than females, and its implications for rates of promotion and abilities of survivors. I define promotion hierarchies with and without...

Local Governance and Citizen Participation: Social Capital and Enabling Policy Environments

Will the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) decrease Mexican migration?

The Great Patriotic War served as a defining moment for the Soviet Union, changing the locus of legitimacy for both regime and individual and also the way that this multi-ethnic state defined itself. The following paper examines the conflict between two men who constructed narratives of this...

This dissertation examines how people understood the phenomenon of traffic congestion in Boston in the 1890's and 1920's, tracking the evolution of their ideas between two periods. Then, as today, public discussions of policies to relieve congestion were based upon ideas about such issues as...