We show that intergenerational mobility changed rapidly by race and class in recent decades and use these trends to study the causal mechanisms underlying changes in economic mobility. For white children in the U.S. born between 1978 and 1992, earnings increased for children from high-income...

We provide the first evidence on transgender earnings in the US using administrative data on over 55,000 individuals who changed their gender marker with the Social Security Administration and had gender-congruent first name changes on tax records. We validate and describe this sample which...

We examine a statewide program that identifies police departments with large racial disparities in traffic stops and works with identified departments to reduce disparities. The intervention caused large (23.56%) and persistent (at least 12 months) reductions in the number of minorities involved...

Wie sehen die internationalen Erfahrungen mit Forderungen nach einem ÖPNV-Nulltarif und mit praktizierten Gratis-Modellen aus? Das grosse öffentliche Interesse an dem Thema in Deutschland erfordert einen Blick über den nationalen Tellerrand. Laut Infratest dimap sind in Deutschland über 70%...