The world needs to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century for a chance at limiting warming to less than 1.5°C. Last year, the Canadian government followed the lead of other nations and legislated a goal of net-zero by 2050. Achieving this goal requires shifting from incremental to transformational approaches…
This paper analyzes how temporary work assignments to poor areas affect preferences, beliefs, and career choices. We exploit random variation in the assignment of healthcare workers within a one-year mandatory rural service program in Peru. We show that healthcare workers that were assigned to poorer areas are more altruistic…
Law and computer science interact in critical ways within sociotechnical systems, and recognition is growing among computer scientists, legal scholars, and practitioners of significant gaps between these disciplines that create potential risks for privacy and data protection. These gaps need to be bridged to ensure in the…
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Sarah Anzia, Associate Professor of Public Policy & Political Science, Berkeley.
The Political Influence of City Employees: Civil Service Adoption in America
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, IG Patel Chair of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics; and chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
