Sarah Cohodes
@cohodes.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy | co-editor Journal of Public Economics | affiliate NBER, J-PAL, and Blueprint
www.sarahcohodes.com
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They range from a slap on the wrist (written warning) to firing. It is the case that students respond more to cases with more severe consequences.
Other work shows how perpetrators careers change: direct.mit.edu/rest/article...
Other work shows how perpetrators careers change: direct.mit.edu/rest/article...
Sexual Misconduct, Accused Scientists, and Their Research
Abstract. Does the scientific community sanction sexual misconduct? Using a sample of scientists at U.S. universities involved in substantiated cases of sexual misconduct that became public, we find t...
direct.mit.edu
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
They range from a slap on the wrist (written warning) to firing. It is the case that students respond more to cases with more severe consequences.
Other work shows how perpetrators careers change: direct.mit.edu/rest/article...
Other work shows how perpetrators careers change: direct.mit.edu/rest/article...
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All this decision-making is whack but how are Medicine/Dentistry "professional" and Nursing "not"
MISOGYNY
MISOGYNY
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
All this decision-making is whack but how are Medicine/Dentistry "professional" and Nursing "not"
MISOGYNY
MISOGYNY
Students exit majors dominated by men, but this shift has little effect on predicted earnings because students shift away from both high- (STEM) and low-earning (arts) majors.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Students exit majors dominated by men, but this shift has little effect on predicted earnings because students shift away from both high- (STEM) and low-earning (arts) majors.
Key Findings: Exposure to a field-specific faculty sexual misconduct incident decreases degree completion in that field by 3.4 percent four years after the incident. This decline is driven by incidents occurring after 2015, among which we observe a 7 percent decline in in-field degree completion.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Key Findings: Exposure to a field-specific faculty sexual misconduct incident decreases degree completion in that field by 3.4 percent four years after the incident. This decline is driven by incidents occurring after 2015, among which we observe a 7 percent decline in in-field degree completion.
She already knows about ranked choice voting from NYC!
November 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
She already knows about ranked choice voting from NYC!
That man is so epically weird.
October 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
That man is so epically weird.
I love this premise. Congrats and thank you for doing this important work.
October 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I love this premise. Congrats and thank you for doing this important work.