Research

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Advancing Social Equity Research

Within the Center’s rich interdisciplinary community, our research scholars pursue projects across various fields of inquiry as well as with researchers at Duke and scholars throughout the world.

Examining preferences for weight loss interventions among black men and women with overweight or obesity: A qualitative study

Authors: Snehaa Ray, Christie I. Idiong, Rachel Anderson, Kate Killion, Curtis Antrum, Michael Puglisi, Jolaade…

ICE’s Budget Surge Is A Public Health Crisis

Authors: Emily Dauria,  Kathryn Nowotny,  Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein Journal (blog): Health Affairs Forefront Introduction: As health…

Health & justice 10th anniversary: looking ahead after a decade of progress

Authors: Faye S. Taxman, Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, Lior Gideon & Wendy P. Guastaferro Journal: Health & Justice Excerpts…

Social Preference Parameters Impacting Financial Decisions Among Welfare Recipients

Authors: Jorge N. Zumaeta Journal: Journal of Risk and Financial Management Abstract: This research study focuses…

Root Causes of the Racial Wealth Gap: A Critique of the Fed View

Authors: William A. Darity Jr. and Stephan Lefebvre Journal: AEA Papers and Proceedings Abstract: We address…

A framework and policy case for black reparations to support child well-being in the USA

Authors: Lisa A. Gennetian, Christina Gibson-Davis, & William A. Darity Jr. Journal: Nature Human Behavior…

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Social contexts and black families’ engagement in early childhood programs

Authors: Jane Leer, Imari Z. Smith, Zoelene Hill, and Lisa A. Gennetian Journal: PLOS One…

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Gains from factory electrification: Evidence from North Carolina, 1905–1926

Author: Will Damron Journal: Explorations in Economic History Abstract: Between 1900 and 1930, the share…

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Black Reparations and Child Well-Being: A Framework and Policy Considerations

Authors: Lisa A. Gennetian, Christina Gibson-Davis, & William A. Darity Jr. Journal: National Bureau of…

Gender Differences in Remote Learning amid COVID-19

Authors: Sungmee Kim and Tim Sass Publisher: Andrew Young School of Policy at Georgia State…

Teacher Recruitment and Retention Trends Across North Carolina and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors: Lauren Fox, Sara Howell, Ashley Kazouh, Elizabeth Paul, and Jessica Peacock Research Advisors: Keisha…

What the Durham Police Department Can Do to Enhance Safety and Earn Trust

Authors: Ajenai Clemmons Summary: This report contains the findings of an academic study Ajenai Clemmons…

Income Supplements versus Building Assets and the Racial Wealth Gap: Tax Policies

Authors: William A. Darity Jr, William Gale, Mónica García-Pérez, and Nora Cahill Executive Summary: The…

Understanding the Effects of Windfalls: What People Do with Financial Payouts, and What It Means for Policy

Authors: Katherine Rodgers, Sydney A. Grissom, Lucas Hubbard, and William A. Darity Jr. Abstract: What…

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Prison Hospital Data Is Omitted From Federal Data Sets

Authors: Michael Forrest Behne, Joshua A. Barocas, Josiah D. Rich, and Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein Abstract: Given…

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Setting the Record Straight on the Libertarian South African Economist W. H. Hutt and James M. Buchanan

Authors: William Darity Jr., M’Balou Camara, and Nancy MacLean Abstract: In their stormy response to…

Research News

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Faculty Affiliate Nancy MacLean Taking Part in Two Major Grants

Faculty Affiliate Dr. Nancy MacLean, the William H. Chafe Distinguished Professor of History and…

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Faculty Affiliate Omer Ali Receives Grant from the Russell Sage Foundation

Cook Center Faculty Affiliate Dr. Omer Ali, an Assistant Professor of Economics at the…

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Postdoctoral Associate Xiongfei Lei Presents Paper at Bucknell University

Postdoctoral Associate Xiongfei Lei presented his paper titled “The Unintended Impacts of the One-child…

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Founding Director William Darity Publishes Chapter in The Oxford Handbook of W.E.B. Du Bois

Cook Center Founding Director William A. “Sandy” Darity Jr., the Samuel DuBois Cook Professor…

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Visiting Faculty Dr. Mónica García-Pérez Publishes Paper on Healthy Food Intervention Program Helping Patients with Diabetes & Cardiovascular Disease

Cook Center Visiting Faculty member Dr. Mónica García-Pérez has co-authored a paper in Diabetology…

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Cook Center Awarded $3.4 Million in Grants for Second Phase of NASCC Studies

The Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University is thrilled to…

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Dr. William Darity Featured in Winter 2024 Issue of Dædalus on Understanding Implicit Bias

Cook Center Founding Director William “Sandy” Darity, Jr., has been featured in the Winter…

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New Study Highlights Impact of Systemic Racism and Economic Inequality on COVID-19 Disparities

In the recent publication titled “How systemic racism and economic inequality contributed to COVID-19…