Trevon Logan and John Parman discuss the meaning of segregation and how it has shaped US history.Despite decades of civil rights legislation, many Black and White Americans, as well as other minorities, continue to live in racially homogeneous neighborhoods, with significant implications for access to quality schools, jobs, healthcare, and economic opportu...
How do politicians adjust their messages based on who they're running against?Political scientists have long argued that there are good theoretical reasons for believing that politicians adjust their messages to win over centrist voters. But there is little empirical evidence that they do this in practice.In a paper in the American Economic R...
How did educational opportunities after the American Civil War shape economic outcomes for Black families?During the decade following the end of the Civil War, formerly enslaved people gained access to education for the first time. Unfortunately, many of those new educational opportunities were systematically dismantled shortly after the Reconstruction per...
