{"id":138,"date":"2015-05-22T05:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T10:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/methods\/?p=138"},"modified":"2017-06-29T10:34:43","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T15:34:43","slug":"devah-pager-on-experimental-audits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/methods\/2015\/05\/22\/devah-pager-on-experimental-audits\/","title":{"rendered":"Devah Pager on Experimental Audits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, we talk with <a href=\"http:\/\/sociology.fas.harvard.edu\/people\/devah-pager\">Devah Pager<\/a>, Professor of Sociology at Harvard University and Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School.\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Pager\u00a0studies\u00a0institutions affecting racial stratification, including education, labor markets, and the criminal justice system. \u00a0Pager&#8217;s recent research has involved a series of field experiments studying discrimination against minorities and ex-offenders in the low-wage labor market. Her book, <em>Marked: Race, Crime, and Finding Work in an Era of Mass Incarceration<\/em> (University of Chicago, 2007), investigates the racial and economic consequences of large scale imprisonment for contemporary U.S. labor markets. You can read the study we discuss <a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.harvard.edu\/files\/pager\/files\/pager_ajs.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s a nice blend between experimental methods that are heavily controlled and that isolate a causal mechanism, but it&#8217;s an experiment that&#8217;s taking place in real world settings. The devil is in the details. Keep in mind that it sounds like a very simple approach, but there are a lot of complexities to carry it out effectively.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211; Devah Pager &#8211;<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6035\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-138-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GMAC13_Pager_Audits.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GMAC13_Pager_Audits.mp3\">http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GMAC13_Pager_Audits.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GMAC13_Pager_Audits.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/methods\/?powerpress_pinw=138-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GMAC13_Pager_Audits.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"GMAC13_Pager_Audits.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, we talk with Devah Pager, Professor of Sociology at Harvard University and Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School.\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Pager\u00a0studies\u00a0institutions affecting racial stratification, including education, labor markets, and the criminal justice system. \u00a0Pager&#8217;s recent research has involved a series of field experiments studying discrimination against minorities and ex-offenders in the low-wage labor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":333,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34730,34732],"tags":[34718,34706,3349],"class_list":["post-138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-explanatory-quantitative","category-methodological-innovations","tag-experimental","tag-mixed-methods","tag-quantitative"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/methods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/methods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/methods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/methods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/333"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/methods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/methods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/methods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions\/143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/methods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/methods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/methods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}