Goals and Gaps: Educational Careers of Immigrant Children
We study the educational choices of children of immigrants in a tracked school system.
Research
Are Vaccination Mandates Government Overreach?
Many may judge that, in the cases of existing compulsory immunization programs and other health-related regulations, the benefits of government intervention outweigh the costs.
Association of Major Depressive Symptoms With Endorsement of COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation Among US Adults
Importance: Misinformation about COVID-19 vaccination may contribute substantially to vaccine hesitancy and resistance.
Preparing Doctors in Training for Health Activist Roles: A Cross-Institutional Community Organizing Workshop for Incoming Medical Residents
Introduction: Physicians are increasingly being called on to address inequities created by social and structural determinants of health, yet few receive training in specific leadership skills that all
The COVID States Project #78: American mask use and CDC guidance
Late Friday, the CDC updated its guidance regarding mask types for Americans, saying that people now "can choose" to wear higher quality respirators such as N95 or KN95 masks, if they wish.
The COVID States Project #77: Healthcare workers' perception of COVID-19 misinformation
How significant a problem is misinformation for the delivery of healthcare services?
Collaborative Cities: Mapping Solutions to Wicked Problems
Dynamic problems require dynamic collaboration and technology. Our communities today face difficult issues—such as climate change, access to health care, and homelessness—which are tangled, complicat
The Relative Merits of Carbon Pricing Instruments: Taxes versus Trading
There is widespread agreement among most economists that economy-wide carbon pricing will be a necessary (although not necessarily sufficient) component of any policy that can achieve meaningful and c
Trust in Government Redux: The Role of Information Environments and Cognitive Skills
The concept of trustworthiness can be understood to involve an informal social contract where principals authorize others to act on their behalf in the expectation that the agent will fulfill their re
The 2021 Digital Services Convening
In June 2021, the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the digital transformation consultancy Public Digital hosted the fourth annual Digital Services Convening.
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