Why does the quality of public childcare services, even when they are ostensibly standardized, vary significantly across neighborhoods? I examine this using the case of …
Over the past forty years, people with disabilities have experienced dramatic social change. One of the strongest indicators of their changing status is the increase …
This dissertation examines the implications of envy for the interplay between economic development, institutions, and culture. It offers a unified theoretical framework which shows how …
Chapter 1 analyzes how market forces in the retail market for pharmaceuticals affect utilization of health care. Specifically, I study the impact of Walmart’s $4 …
In polities headed by divine kings, the public performance of hierarchy and inequality is essential to political power. Yet what happens to that inequality when …
In the 2020 presidential elections, Democratic nominees in the primaries all had proposals to advance society and do what’s “good.” Various proposals included distributive justice …
The widespread overuse of suspension and expulsion and racialized patterns of punishment have identified school discipline as a critical frontier in the struggle for educational …
This dissertation examines the everyday life of the “untouchables” (dalits) in contemporary India. While legal discourses in India have long abolished untouchability, the majority of …
This study investigates the origins and variable nature of inequality in pre-hierarchical Central Mediterranean communities between the 4th and 1st millennia BC. The arguments for …
This thesis discusses the many different musics of Boston, focusing on the participants and regulators of its soundscape and the cultural power exerted by the …
Research on nationwide racial/ethnic disparities in children’s blood lead levels (BLL) have documented that Black children have presented the highest mean BLL since the 1970s. …
With growing diversity in American families, more adolescents identify male figures as social fathers. Social fathers, who are neither biological fathers nor romantic partners of …
