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Salma Nassar

Salma Nassar is the Director of Research Initiatives at the Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. She is responsible for growing and supporting the center’s research agenda. Nassar works closely with Booth faculty and PhD students to develop research projects, manage research partnerships, and lead data collection projects. She holds a Masters of International Development Policy from Georgetown University and an MBA and a bachelor’s degree in business both from DePaul University.
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Covid-19 Aggravates Existing Income, Gender, and Race Inequalities, and Further Increases Political Divisions

Marianne Bertrand
Seventy percent of Americans know someone who tested positive; one in five know someone who died from coronavirus, survey shows. For most of 2020, we followed...
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Covid-19 Is Reducing Americans’ Confidence Across Institutions

Marianne Bertrand
Latest US household survey findings reveal that the Covid-19 crisis caused a sharp reduction in Americans’ confidence in institutions—whether or not they were directly...
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How Personal Experiences With Covid-19 Are Changing Americans’ Behaviors and Political Views

Marianne Bertrand
While strong divisions persist across party lines, personal experiences with Covid-19, such as loss of income, may affect views and preferences among Americans. Since April,...
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When and How the US Should Reopen Is a Matter of Politics, Trust in Institutions and Media, Survey Says

Marianne Bertrand
A new survey from the Rustandy Center and the Poverty Lab at the University of Chicago finds that political party affiliation and trust in...

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