The perception that the U.S. government distributes money unfairly across racial lines is a major driver of public opposition to federal spending, argues a new study co-authored by Yale political scientist Kelly Rader.
Using original survey data, the...
In recent days, The New York Times published numerous opinion pieces by Yale historians and political scientists. Find them here:
Yale’s Timothy Snyder: American political atrocity and the future
“A historian of fascism and political atrocity on Trump,...
The 2011 Arab Spring set both Tunisia and Egypt on a course toward democratization, but their trajectories soon diverged.
Tunisian political elites have since cooperated in passing a constitution, holding elections, and executing a successful transfer of...
Pandemic-related school closures are deepening educational inequality in the United States by severely impairing the academic progress of children from low-income neighborhoods while having no significantly detrimental effects on students from the county’...
A Yale team’s research into the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on India’s most vulnerable populations, including urban laborers who lost their jobs and returned to the countryside, is providing policymakers the data they need to address the crisis.
Led by...
The year 2020 was a year unlike any other.
Just weeks into the year, COVID-19 upended life as we knew it — at Yale, in Connecticut, across the country and the world. As the enormity of the challenge became apparent, members of the Yale community scrambled...
Yale University has launched a campus-wide initiative that will unite institutional leadership and academic experts across the natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, professional schools, and the humanities in an intensive effort to tackle the...
When people make choices, they must assess a host of variables. What is the risk? What is the payoff or cost? What disruption will the choice cause? What is the probable outcome?
Researchers have employed a host of techniques, from brain scans to personal...