The common wisdom is that diversity starts at the lowest levels of the company: hire junior employees and they will reach the top positions of the firm. A gradual influx of female, African American, Hispanic, etc. hires will change the composition of...
At VoxEu, by Berta Esteve-Volart (York University Toronto) and Manuel Bagues (Carlos III Madrid),
As women are underrepresented amongst legislators, many governments impose gender quotas on candidate lists. This column examines Spain’s elections and...
Apparently, Paul Krugman believes that school resources have an effect on student achievement:
New York Times column
But academic research since the 1960s has proved otherwise:
Erik Hanushek, The Failure of Input-Based Schooling Policy, The Economic...
In his latest NBER working paper, The Wealth of Cities:
the urban emphasis on mobility implies that local poverty is more likely to reflect something good that an area is providing for the poor than a failure in local labor markets. Poor people...
