Race - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Sep 2018
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From Immigrants to Americans: Race and Assimilation During the Great Migration

Keywords: by Vasiliki Fouka, Soumyajit Mazumder, and Marco Tabellini

11 Jun 2015
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U.S. Losing the Race to Raise Work Force Skills

30 Mar 2015
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What The Starbucks' Race Campaign Says About Corporate Activism

10 Jan 2014
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Racing to Win: The Conquest of the South Pole

17 Feb 2021
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Boston College Faces Big Challenges Creating Trust on Race

April 2020 (Revised June 2020)
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Race and Mass Incarceration in the United States

By: Reshmaan N. Hussam and Holly Fetter

The late 20th century saw a dramatic shift in the criminal justice system of the United States. While incarceration rates had remained stable through the 1960s, they quintupled by the 2000s to 707 per 100,000, far exceeding that of all other nations in the world. By... View Details

Keywords: Criminal Justice System; Incarceration; Race; Prejudice and Bias; United States

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05 Aug 2024
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Colleges Race to Ready Students for the AI Workplace

23 Feb 2021
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Examining Race and Mass Incarceration in the United States

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Race and Jury Selection: Psychological Perspectives on the Peremptory Challenge Debate

By: Samuel R. Sommers and Michael I. Norton

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Nominal versus Indexed Debt: A Quantitative Horse Race

By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk

The main arguments in favor of and against nominal and indexed debt are the incentive to default through inflation versus hedging against unforeseen shocks. We model and calibrate these arguments to assess their quantitative importance. We use a dynamic equilibrium... View Details

Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Taxation; Risk and Uncertainty; Inflation and Deflation; System Shocks; Developing Countries and Economies; Mathematical Methods

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