Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.
Faculty Publications
Braga, Anthony A., and Brenda J. Bond. "Community Perceptions of Police Crime Prevention Efforts: Using Interviews in Small Areas to Evaluate Crime Reduction Strategies." Evaluating Crime Reduction Initiatives (Crime Prevention Studies Vol. 24). Ed. Johannes Knutsson and Nick Tilley. Criminal Justice Press, 2009, 85-119.
Brown, Jeffrey R., David A. Wise, and Jeffrey B. Liebman., eds. Social Security Policy in a Changing Environment. University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Pritchett, Lant, and Martina Viarengo. Producing Superstars for the Economic Mundial: The Mexican Predicament with Quality of Education. The Mexico Competitiveness Report. Ed. Ricardo Hausmann, Emilio Lozoya Austin, and Irene Mia. World Economic Forum, 2009, 71-90.
Sparrow, Malcolm K. "Criminal Prosecution as a Deterrent to Health Care Fraud." Testimony to the Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, U.S. Senate, May 20, 2009.
Stone, Christopher, Todd Foglesong, and Christine M. Cole. "Policing Los Angeles Under a Consent Decree: The Dynamics of Change at the LAPD." Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management Working Paper Series, Harvard Kennedy School, May 2009.
Temkin, Moshik. The Sacco-Vanzetti Affair: America on Trial. Yale University Press, 2009.
Glaeser, Edward L., and Bryce A. Ward. "The Causes and Consequences of Land Use Regulation: Evidence from Greater Boston." Journal of Urban Economics 65.3 (May 2009): 265-278.
Levy, Dan, Harounan Kazianga, Leigh Linden, and Matt Sloan. "Impact Evaluation of Burkina Faso's BRIGHT Program, Final Report." Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., May 2009.
Ellwood, David. Foreword. Acting in Time on Energy Policy. Ed. Kelly Sims Gallagher. Brookings Institution Press, 2009, vii-xii.
Finkelstein, Amy, Erzo F.P. Luttmer, and Matthew J. Notowidigdo. "Approaches to Estimating the Health State Dependence of the Utility Function." American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings 99.2 (May 2009): 116-121.
Ruggie, Mary. Review of A Death Retold: Jesica Santillan, the Bungled Transplant, and Paradoxes of Medical Citizenship, ed. Keith Wailoo, Julie Livingston, and Peter Guarnaccia. American Journal of Sociology, 114.6, May 2009: 1903-1905.
Peterson, Paul E. Voucher Impacts: Differences between Public and Private Schools. Handbook of Research on School Choice. Ed. Mark Berends, Matthew G. Springer, Dale Ballou, and Herbert J. Walberg. Routledge, 2009, 249-267.
Timbie, Justin, David M. Shahian, Joseph P. Newhouse, Meredith B. Rosenthal, and Sharon-Lise T. Normand. "Composite Measures for Hospital Quality Using Quality-adjusted Life Years." Statistics in Medicine 28.8 (April 15, 2009): 1238-1254.
Arrow, Kenneth J., Alan Auerbach, John Bertko, Shannon Brownlee, Lawrence Casalino, Jim Cooper, Francis J. Crosson, Alain Enthoven, Elizabeth Falcone, Robert C. Feldman, Victor R. Fuchs, Alan M. Garber, Marthe R. Gold, Dana Goldman, Gillian K. Hadfield, Mark A. Hall, Ralph I. Horwitz, Michael Hooven, Peter D. Jacobson, Timothy S. Jost, Lawrence J. Kotlikoff, Jonathan Levin, Sharon Levine, Richard Levy, Karen Linscott, Har. "Toward a 21st Century Health Care System: Recommendations for Health Care Reform." Annals of Internal Medicine 150.7 (April 7, 2009): 493-495.
Wilson, William Julius. "Toward a Framework for Understanding Forces that Contribute to or Reinforce Racial Inequality." Race and Social Problems 1.1 (April 2009): 3-11.
Chingos, Matthew M., and Paul Peterson. "For-Profit and Nonprofit Management in Philadelphia Schools." Education Next 9.2 (Spring 2009): 64-70.
Avery, Christopher, and Jonathan D. Levin. "Early Admissions at Selective Colleges." NBER Working Papers 14844, April 2009.
Leigh, Andrew, Christopher Jencks, and Timothy M. Smeeding. Health and Economic Inequality. Oxford Handbook of Economic Inequality. Ed. Wiemer Salverda, Brian Nolan, and Tim Smeeding. Oxford University Press, 2009, 384-406.
Putnam, Robert D. "Diversity, Social Capital, and Immigrant Integration: Introductory Remarks." National Civic Review 98.1 (Spring 2009): 3-5.
Fong, Christina M., and Erzo F.P. Luttmer. "What Determines Giving to Hurricane Katrina Victims? Experimental Evidence on Racial Group Loyalty." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 1.2 (April 2009): 64-87.
Jencks, Christopher. Does Rising Economic Inequality Matter? The Future of Political Science. Ed. Gary King, Kay Lehman Schlozman, and Norman H. Nie. Routledge, 2009, 115-117.
Peterson, Paul E. The Emerging Field of Education Policy. The Future of Political Science: 100 Perspectives. Ed. Gary King, Kay Lehman Schlozman, and Norman H. Nie. Routledge, 2009, 227-230.
Peterson, Paul E. "Sustaining Progress in Times of Fiscal Crisis." Report Commissioned by Florida State Board of Education, March 16, 2009.
Bali, Namrata, Kaushik Basu, Suman Bery, Haroon Bhorat, Françoise Carré, Martha Chen, Gary Fields, Ravi Kanbur, Santiago Levy, Francie Lund, Jeemol Unni and Imraan Valodia. "Informal Sector and Social Policy: Compendium of Personal and Technical Reflections. Cornell-SEWA-WIEGO Exposure and Dialogue Program." WIEGO, March 2009.
Wilson, William Julius. More Than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City. W.W. Norton and Company, Inc., 2009.
Kalt, Joseph P. "Toward a Comprehensive Indian Water Rights Settlement: Economic and Public Policy Analysis of the Proposed Western Navajo Pipeline and the Leupp-Dilkon and Ganado Groundwater Projects." Report for the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, March 6, 2009.
James M. Poterba, Joshua Rauh, Steven F. Venti, and David A. Wise. Lifecycle Asset Allocation Strategies and the Distribution of 401(k) Retirement Wealth. Developments in the Economics of Aging. Ed. David A. Wise. National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report Series, University of Chicago Press, 2009, 15-56.
Cutler, David M., and Edward L. Glaeser. Why Do Europeans Smoke More than Americans? Developments in the Economics of Aging. Ed. David A. Wise. National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report Series, University of Chicago Press, 2009, 255-282.
Chandra, Amitabh. "Comment: Health and Well-Being in Udaipur and South Africa." Developments in the Economics of Aging. Ed. David A. Wise. National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report Series, University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Pritchett, Lant. Long Term Challenges in Education: Are There Feasible Steps Today? Shaping Tomorrow Today: Near-Term Steps Towards Long-Term Goals. Ed. Lempert, Robert J., Steven W. Popper, Endy Y. Min, and James A. Dewar. Rand Corporation, 2009.
Borjas, George. "The Analytics of the Wage Effect of Immigration." NBER Working Papers 14796, March 2009.
Wise, David A., ed. Developments in the Economics of Aging. National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report Series, University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Peterson, Paul E. "Penalizing Schools That Succeed." New York Post, February 19, 2009.
Peterson, Paul E., and Matthew M. Chingos. "Impact of For-Profit and Non-Profit Management on Student Achievement: The Philadelphia Intervention, 2002-2008." Harvard University Program on Education Policy and Governance PEPG09-02, February 2009.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Foreclosing the Crisis." Review of The Household: Informal Order Around the Hearth, by Robert C. Ellickson. New Republic, 240.1, February 4, 2009: 45-47.
Zhang, Yuting, Julie Marie Donohue, Joseph P. Newhouse, and Judith R. Lave. "The Effects of the Coverage Gap on Drug Spending: A Closer Look at Medicare Part D." Health Affairs 28.2 (February 2009): 317-325.
Cutler, David M., and David A. Wise, eds. Health at Older Ages: The Causes and Consequences of Declining Disability among the Elderly. National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report Series, University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Chandra, Amitabh. "Who You Are and Where You Live: Race and the Geography of Healthcare." Medical Care 47.2 (February 2009): 135-137.
Bauer-Wu, Susan, Mary Ruggie, and Matt Russell. "Communicating with the Public about Integrative Medicine." Summit on Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public, Washington, D.C., February 25-27, 2009.
Clemens, Michael, Claudio Montenegro, and Lant Pritchett. "The Place Premium: Wage Differences for Identical Workers Across the US Border." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP09-004, January 2009.
Concannon, Thomas W., John L. Griffith, David M. Kent, Sharon-Lise Normand, Joseph P. Newhouse, James Atkins, Joni R. Beshansky, and Harry P. Selker. "Elapsed Time in Emergency Medical Services for Patients With Cardiac Complaints." Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 2 (January 2009): 9-15.
Fiorina, Morris P., William G. Mayer, Paul E. Peterson, Bertram Johnson, and Stephen D. Voss, eds. America's New Democracy. Longman, 2009.
Liebman, Jeffrey, Erzo F.P. Luttmer, and David G. Seif. "Labor Supply Responses to Marginal Social Security Benefits: Evidence from Discontinuities." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series :RWP09-003, January 2009.
Peterson, Paul E., and Daniel Nadler. "What Happens When States Have Genuine Alternative Certification? We Get More Minority Teachers and Test Scores Rise." Education Next 9.1 (Winter 2009): 70-74.
Braga, Anthony A., and Christopher Winship. "What Can Cities Do to Prevent Serious Youth Violence?" Criminal Justice Matters 75.1 (2009): 35 – 37.
Braga, Anthony A. "Evidence-Based Policing." The SAGE Dictionary of Policing. Ed. Alison Wakefield and Jenny Fleming. Sage Publications, 2009.
Gruber, Jonathan, Kevin Milligan, and David A. Wise. "Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: The Relationship to Youth Employment, Introduction and Summary." NBER Working Papers 14647, January 2009.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Green Cities, Brown Suburbs." City Journal. Winter 2009, 50-51.
Wilson, William Julius. "Foreword: The Moynihan Report and Research on the Black Community." The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 621 (January 2009): 34-46.
Grindle, Merilee S. "Under the Bridge." ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America. Winter 2009.