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Authors: John Holbein, Ray Block, Jr., Charles Crabtree, J. Quin Monson Although previous attempts have been made to measure everyday discrimination against African Americans, these approaches have been constrained by distinct methodological challenges. We present the results from an audit or correspondence study of a large-scale, nationally representative pool of the American public. We provide evidence that in simple day-to-day interactions, such as sending and responding to emails, the public discriminates against Black people. Learn more Published Research Racial Justice and Equity Confederate monuments and the history of lynching in the American South: An empirical examination Authors: Sophie Trawalter, Michele Claibourn, Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi, Kyshia Henderson, Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi, Michele Claibourn, Sophie Trawalter The present work interrogates the history of Confederate memorializations by examining the relationship between these memorializations and lynching, an explicitly racist act of violence. Learn more Published Research Health Policy Social Equity Has Mortality Risen Disproportionately for the Least Educated? Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Adam Leive Two Batten professors examine whether the least educated population groups experienced the worst mortality trends at the beginning of the 21st century by measuring changes in mortality across education quartiles. Learn more Published Research Social Psychology Anger Damns the Innocent Authors: Gabrielle Adams, Katherine A. DeCelles, Holly S. Howe, Leslie K. John False accusations permeate social life—from the mundane blaming of other people to more serious accusations of infidelity and workplace wrongdoing. Importantly, false accusations can have grave consequences, including broken relationships, job loss, and reputational damage. In this article, we document an equally pernicious phenomenon—the misuse of anger as a cue to predict whether a suspect has been falsely accused. Learn more Published Research Economics Wage Insurance and Labor Market Trajectories Authors: Adam Leive, Benjamin G. Hyman, Brian K. Kovak, Theodore Naff Wage insurance provides income support to displaced workers who find reemployment at a lower wage. This group of scholars study the effects of the wage insurance provisions of the US Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program using administrative data from the state of Virginia. What they find suggests that wage insurance eligibility increases short-run employment probabilities and that wage insurance and TAA training may yield similar long-run effects on employment and earnings. Learn more Published Research National Security International and Global Affairs Honor Among Thieves: Understanding Rhetorical and Material Cooperation Among Violent Nonstate Actors Authors: Philip Potter, Christopher W. Blair, Erica Chenoweth, Michael C. Horowitz, Evan Perkoski We find that when groups share an ideology, and especially a religion, they are more likely to sustain material cooperation in the face of state repression. Learn more Published Research Social Entrepreneurship New Case - Culinary Concepts AB and the Employment Crisis in Food and Beverage in Charlottesville Authors: Bala Mulloth, Antwon Brinson Antwon Brinson believes in the power of culinary arts to bring about systemic social change. This case study addresses how Antwon’s social venture, Culinary Concepts AB (CCAB), approached the employment crisis felt throughout the food and beverage industry, by teaching life skills through culinary arts. Learn more Published Research Education New Case - ReadWrite Digital: Improving Student Outcomes Through Educational Innovation Authors: Bala Mulloth, William Carden, Elizabeth Carden ReadWrite Digital is an education technology startup that offers software to K–12 schools in the United States to provide education analytics and personalized education planning. Founded in 2012 by Rob Simms, the current President and CTO, ReadWrite Digital built, developed, and launched two unique products, Integrator and Analytics, providing an end-to-end solution for data collection from disparate systems creating rich analytics for student performance in one place. Learn more Published Research Social Entrepreneurship New Case - RVA Works: Empowering Entrepreneurs for Big Change Authors: Bala Mulloth, Dale Fickett RVA Works (a shortening of Richmond, Virginia Works) is a public charity, which has demonstrated superior efficacy in educational programming for entrepreneurship. Since 2014, their work has primarily focused on providing pathways to business ownership for ethnic minorities, women, and lower-income people. Learn more Published Research Social Entrepreneurship Exploring Social Business Pathways: Green Map System as a Case in Point Authors: Bala Mulloth Social entrepreneurship holds promise as a way for organizations to create value for both individuals and communities. The objective of this paper is to observe and analyze the ways Green Map System, a not-for-profit social venture, supports sustainable community development and local leadership by sharing tools, icons, and technology for mapping eco-sites around the world. The role of technology and digital networks, as well as the impact of global linkages, is also observed and emphasized. Learn more Working Paper Education Stacking the Deck for Employment Success: Labor Market Returns to Stackable Credentials Authors: Katharine Meyer, Kelli A. Bird, Benjamin Castleman With rapid technological transformations to the labor market along with COVID-19 related economic disruptions, many working adults return to college to obtain additional training or credentials. Using a comparative individual fixed effects strategy and an administrative panel dataset of enrollment and employment in Virginia, we provide the first causal estimates of credential “stacking” among working adults. Learn more Pagination Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Current page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Next page Next ›
Published Research Education Limited Supply and Lagging Enrollment: Production Technologies and Enrollment Changes at Community Colleges during the Pandemic Authors: Sarah Turner, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach Weak labor markets typically lead young workers to invest in skills. High unemployment during COVID diverged from prior downturns: enrollment at community colleges dropped by 9.5 percent between 2019 and 2020, with the drop larger among men. Learn more
Published Research Social Psychology Racial Justice and Equity Are Americans less likely to reply to emails from Black people relative to White people? Authors: John Holbein, Ray Block, Jr., Charles Crabtree, J. Quin Monson Although previous attempts have been made to measure everyday discrimination against African Americans, these approaches have been constrained by distinct methodological challenges. We present the results from an audit or correspondence study of a large-scale, nationally representative pool of the American public. We provide evidence that in simple day-to-day interactions, such as sending and responding to emails, the public discriminates against Black people. Learn more
Published Research Racial Justice and Equity Confederate monuments and the history of lynching in the American South: An empirical examination Authors: Sophie Trawalter, Michele Claibourn, Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi, Kyshia Henderson, Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi, Michele Claibourn, Sophie Trawalter The present work interrogates the history of Confederate memorializations by examining the relationship between these memorializations and lynching, an explicitly racist act of violence. Learn more
Published Research Health Policy Social Equity Has Mortality Risen Disproportionately for the Least Educated? Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Adam Leive Two Batten professors examine whether the least educated population groups experienced the worst mortality trends at the beginning of the 21st century by measuring changes in mortality across education quartiles. Learn more
Published Research Social Psychology Anger Damns the Innocent Authors: Gabrielle Adams, Katherine A. DeCelles, Holly S. Howe, Leslie K. John False accusations permeate social life—from the mundane blaming of other people to more serious accusations of infidelity and workplace wrongdoing. Importantly, false accusations can have grave consequences, including broken relationships, job loss, and reputational damage. In this article, we document an equally pernicious phenomenon—the misuse of anger as a cue to predict whether a suspect has been falsely accused. Learn more
Published Research Economics Wage Insurance and Labor Market Trajectories Authors: Adam Leive, Benjamin G. Hyman, Brian K. Kovak, Theodore Naff Wage insurance provides income support to displaced workers who find reemployment at a lower wage. This group of scholars study the effects of the wage insurance provisions of the US Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program using administrative data from the state of Virginia. What they find suggests that wage insurance eligibility increases short-run employment probabilities and that wage insurance and TAA training may yield similar long-run effects on employment and earnings. Learn more
Published Research National Security International and Global Affairs Honor Among Thieves: Understanding Rhetorical and Material Cooperation Among Violent Nonstate Actors Authors: Philip Potter, Christopher W. Blair, Erica Chenoweth, Michael C. Horowitz, Evan Perkoski We find that when groups share an ideology, and especially a religion, they are more likely to sustain material cooperation in the face of state repression. Learn more
Published Research Social Entrepreneurship New Case - Culinary Concepts AB and the Employment Crisis in Food and Beverage in Charlottesville Authors: Bala Mulloth, Antwon Brinson Antwon Brinson believes in the power of culinary arts to bring about systemic social change. This case study addresses how Antwon’s social venture, Culinary Concepts AB (CCAB), approached the employment crisis felt throughout the food and beverage industry, by teaching life skills through culinary arts. Learn more
Published Research Education New Case - ReadWrite Digital: Improving Student Outcomes Through Educational Innovation Authors: Bala Mulloth, William Carden, Elizabeth Carden ReadWrite Digital is an education technology startup that offers software to K–12 schools in the United States to provide education analytics and personalized education planning. Founded in 2012 by Rob Simms, the current President and CTO, ReadWrite Digital built, developed, and launched two unique products, Integrator and Analytics, providing an end-to-end solution for data collection from disparate systems creating rich analytics for student performance in one place. Learn more
Published Research Social Entrepreneurship New Case - RVA Works: Empowering Entrepreneurs for Big Change Authors: Bala Mulloth, Dale Fickett RVA Works (a shortening of Richmond, Virginia Works) is a public charity, which has demonstrated superior efficacy in educational programming for entrepreneurship. Since 2014, their work has primarily focused on providing pathways to business ownership for ethnic minorities, women, and lower-income people. Learn more
Published Research Social Entrepreneurship Exploring Social Business Pathways: Green Map System as a Case in Point Authors: Bala Mulloth Social entrepreneurship holds promise as a way for organizations to create value for both individuals and communities. The objective of this paper is to observe and analyze the ways Green Map System, a not-for-profit social venture, supports sustainable community development and local leadership by sharing tools, icons, and technology for mapping eco-sites around the world. The role of technology and digital networks, as well as the impact of global linkages, is also observed and emphasized. Learn more
Working Paper Education Stacking the Deck for Employment Success: Labor Market Returns to Stackable Credentials Authors: Katharine Meyer, Kelli A. Bird, Benjamin Castleman With rapid technological transformations to the labor market along with COVID-19 related economic disruptions, many working adults return to college to obtain additional training or credentials. Using a comparative individual fixed effects strategy and an administrative panel dataset of enrollment and employment in Virginia, we provide the first causal estimates of credential “stacking” among working adults. Learn more