2016

High-throughput screening of crystalline porous materials

Chris Rycroft, Harvard University

Abstract: Crystalline porous materials, such as zeolites, contain complex networks of void channels that are exploited in many industrial applications, such as...

Long-term causal effects via behavioral game theory

Random experiments are the gold standard in reliably comparing the causal effect of switching from a baseline policy to a new policy on socio-economic platforms. One critical shortcoming of classical...

ASSESSING QUALITY AND EQUITY IN HEALTH CARE

Sharon-Lise Normand

Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School

Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The last two decades have been characterized by an increasing...

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"Gender Differences in Cooperative Environments? Evidence from the U.S. Congress" (joint with Stefano Gagliarducci)

Abstract: This paper uses data on bill sponsorship and cosponsorship in the U.S. House of Representatives...

Title: When Should We Use Linear Fixed Effects Regression Models for Causal Inference with Longitudinal Data?

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  Many social scientists use linear fixed effects regression models

  for causal inference with longitudinal data to account...

Religion and health: an assessment of causality, interaction, feedback, and mechanisms

Abstract. A large literature has suggested that religious service attendance is associated with better mental and physical health. Two major questions that have...

The title is: Strength in Numbers: How Women’s Networks Close India's Political Gender Gap.

In India there persists a striking gender gap in political participation and representation, despite several decades of targeted policy interventions. Women's...

Title: The Reasonable Effectiveness of Roles in Complex Networks

 Abstract: Given a network, how can we automatically discover roles (or functions) of nodes? Roles compactly represent structural behaviors of nodes and generalize across various networks...

"The Downstream Consequences of Long Waits: How Lines at the Precinct Depress Future Turnout"

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Political scientists have increasingly emphasized the role played by an individual’s identity and life experiences in their patterns of political...

Title: Model averaged double robust estimation

Francesca Dominici, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health

Joint with: Matt Cefalu, Giovanni Parmigiani, Nils Arvold. 

ABSTRACT. Researchers are increasingly being challenged with decisions on how to best...