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Yale University's Institution for Social and Policy Studies. Advancing research, shaping policy, developing leaders. Director: Alan Gerber
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New paper! What happens when abortion laws are driven by xenophobic stereotypes? In the U.S., many states have passed sex-selective abortion bans (SSABs), supposedly to prevent Asian immigrant families from “favoring sons.” But what if these laws don't protect anyone—and instead,…
NEW: We sit down with @melodyyhuang to chat about her work and how it can improve the accuracy and practicality of social science. bit.ly/4o0gwPJ
NEW from @YaleBioethics: Baby Boxes May Harm Mothers and Infants Despite Good Intentions. bit.ly/4nUs4Eg
Backseat car hammocks for babies? Thanks to government, they are no longer for sale in the US. Now, as federal regs come under attack, political scientists and legal scholars gathered for a conference on the future of studying the administrative state: bit.ly/44LJSbW
Join us for discussions about moral tensions within medicine, law, AI, and public health at the Summer Institute in Bioethics poster session. Participants will present what they have learned. Friday 7/18 from 10:30 to 12, TAC, 300 Cedar St. @YaleBioethics
It's the economy, stupid. Right? A new tool, now at Yale, seeks to rethink how we measure economic success: bit.ly/44fqeon @Jacob_S_Hacker @americanacad
We were thrilled to host Don Moynihan for a chat with Alan Gerber about civic tech and why it's important. Check out the full video. bit.ly/45BM7R8 And a summary: bit.ly/3TGugB8
New op-ed from @Jacob_S_Hacker and @sullosaurus: The Four Ugliest Points About the Big Beautiful Bill (Gift Link) nytimes.com/2025/06/25/opi…
Thank you for your patience while we sorted out some technical difficulties! Our apologies for the tabulation error; all fixed now, no change to results. Final round of RCV: Cuomo leads Mamdani 57-43. @YalePolling /@YouGov, 6/17-6/22, N=645 NYC RVs
We're aware that there was an error in tabulating the RCV results for our NYC poll, and we're in touch with YouGov so that we can figure out what went wrong.
.@YalePolling finds split in Gen-Z's political views: bit.ly/4e4r23Y
I've launched a new website where anyone can interactively visualize ticket-splitting rates from actual ballots (cast vote records) for any pair of contests on the 2020 Georgia ballot. Check it out! ballots.isps.yale.edu