Biography: David B. Grusky is Edward Ames Edmonds Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Professor of Sociology, and Director of the Center on Poverty and Inequality at Stanford University. His research examines the structure of social mobility and inequality, new ways to improve the country’s infrastructure for monitoring mobility and inequality, and new policies for increasing mobility and reducing inequality.
Why is Evidence-Based Policy Still So Elusive? The Case of U.S. Homelessness Policy
In many policy zones, the available evidence suggests that locally-tailored policy would outperform one-size-fits-all policy, yet it’s difficult for local policymakers to carry out the local tailoring that’s consistent with that evidence. We use the case of homelessness policy to illustrate how this problem can be overcome across a wide range of policy domains.