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
Ferguson, Ronald. “An Unfinished Journey: The Legacy of Brown and the Narrowing of the Achievement Gap.” Phi Delta Kappan 85.9 (May 2004).
Gómez-Ibáñez, José A. “The Future of Private Infrastructure.” Discussion Paper, Taubman Center for State and Local Government, April 2004.
Dynaski, Susan. "Who Benefits from the Education Saving Incentives: Income, Educational Expectations and the Value of the 529 and Coverdell." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP04-019, April 2004.
Newhouse, Joseph P., and Robert D. Reischauer. "The Institute of Medicine's Clarion Call for Universal Coverage." Health Affairs (exclusive on HealthAffairs.org) (March 31, 2004): W4-179 - W4-183.
Peterson, Paul E. "Money Has Not Been Left Behind." Education Week, March 17, 2004.
Dynarski, Susan. "Tax Policy and Education Policy: Collision or Coordination? A Case Study of the 529 and Coverdell Savings Incentives." NBER Working Paper 10357, March 2004.
Jencks, Christopher, Susan E. Mayer, and Joseph Swingle. "Who Has Benefited from Economic Growth in the United States since 1969? The Case of Children." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP04-017, March 2004.
Borjas, George. "Immigration and the Labor Market, 1960-2000." Working Paper, March 2004.
Hsu, John, Mary Reed, Richard Brand, Bruce Fireman, Joseph P. Newhouse, and Joseph V. Selby. "Cost-Sharing: Patient Knowledge and Effects on Seeking Emergency Department Care." Medical Care 42.3 (March 2004): 290-296.
Kalt, Joseph P., and Joseph William Singer. "Myths and Realities of Tribal Sovereignty: The Law and Economics of Indian Self-Rule." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP04-016, March 2004.
Borjas, George. "Making It Worse: President Bush Has Tackled the Immigration Problem - Wrongly." National Review, February 9, 2004: 24-26.
Dynarski, Susan. "The New Merit Aid." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP04-009, February 2004.
Ellwood, David, and Christopher Jencks. "The Spread of Single-Parent Families in the United States since 1960." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP04-008, February 2004.
Buntin, Melinda Beeuwkes, Alan M. Garber, Mark McClellan, and Joseph P. Newhouse. "The Costs of Decedents in the Medicare Program: Implications for Payments to the Medicare+Choice Plans." Health Services Research 39.1 (February 2004): 111-130.
Glaeser, Edward L., Eric A. Hanushek, and John M. Quigley. "Opportunities, Race, and Urban Location: The Influence of John Kain." HIER Discussion Paper 2030, February 2004.
Cohen, Michael H., and Mary Ruggie. "Integrating Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapies in Conventional Medical Settings: Legal Quandaries and Potential Policy Models." University of Cincinnati Law Review 72.2 (2003): 671-752.
Gómez-Ibáñez, José A. “La Reación Contra las Empresas de Servicios Públicos.” Argentina: Crisis, Instituciones, y Crecimiento, Vol. 2. Ed. Santiago Urbiztondo, Pablo Spiller, Diego Petrecolla, et al. Buenos Aires: Fundación de Investigaciones Ecónomicas Latinoamericanas, 2004, 537-546.
Abernathy, Frederick, John T. Dunlop, David Weil, William Apgar, Kermit Baker, and Rachel Roth. "Residential Supply Chain in Transition: Summary of Findings from Survey of Dealers." Joint Center for Housing Studies Working Paper W04-3, 2004.
Apgar, William, Allegra Calder, and Gary Fauth. “Credit, Capital and Communities: The Implications of the Changing Mortgage Banking Industry for Community Based Organizations.” Joint Center for Housing Studies Report CCC04-1, 2004.
Apgar, William. “Rethinking Rental Housing: Expanding the Ability of Rental Housing to Serve as a Pathway to Economic and Social Opportunity.” Joint Center for Housing Studies Working Paper W04-13, 2004.
Retsinas, Nicolas. "Opportunity and Progress: A Bipartisan Platform for National Housing Policy." Joint Center for Housing Studies BP04, 2004.
Retsinas, Nicolas. "The State of Mexico's Housing." Joint Center for Housing Studies SOM04, 2004.
Quane, James, Pamela Joshi, and William Julius Wilson. “After Welfare Reform: A Snapshot of Low-Income Families in Boston." Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program Report, 2004.
Hackman, Sandra, and William Julius Wilson. “Institutionalizing Systems Change: Lessons from the Field." Urban Seminar Series Policy Brief, Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program, 2004.
Light, Richard J. Making the Most of College: Students Speak Their Minds, Paperback Edition. Harvard University Press, 2004.
Ruggie, Mary. "Overcoming Legal and Social Barriers to Integrative Medicine." Medical Law International 6.4 (2004): 339-393.
Gruber, Jonathan, and David A. Wise. "Introduction and Summary." Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Micro-Estimation. Ed. Jonathan Gruber and David A. Wise. University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Gruber, Jonathan, and David A. Wise, eds. Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Micro-Estimation. University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Peterson, Paul E., and William G. Howell. “Efficiency, Bias, and Classification Schemes: A Response to Alan B. Krueger and Pei Zhu." American Behavioral Scientist 47.5 (January 2004): 699-717.
Roderick, Melissa, Brian A. Jacob, and Anthony S. Bryk. “Summer in the City: Achievement Gains in Chicago’s Summer Bridge Program." Summer Learning: Research, Policies, and Programs. Ed. Geoffrey D. Borman and Matthew Boulay. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004.
Ruggie, Mary. Marginal to Mainstream: Alternative Medicine in America. Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Borjas, George. Labor Economics, Third Edition. McGraw-Hill, 2004.
Borjas, George. "Economic Assimilation: Trouble Ahead." Reinventing the Melting Pot: How Assimilation Can Work for the New Immigrants. Ed. Tamar Jacoby. Basic Books, 2004, 199-210.
Borjas, George. "Pacem in Terris and the Problem of Immigration." Journal of Catholic Social Thought (Winter 2004): 137-155.
Borjas, George. Comment on "Inequality in America," by Alan B. Krueger, Pedro Carniero, and James J. Heckman. Inequality in America, Ed. Benjamin M. Friedman. MIT Press, 2004.
Jacob, Brian A., and Lars Lefgren. "The Impact of Teacher Training on Student Achievement: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from School Reform Efforts in Chicago." Journal of Human Resources 39.1 (2004): 50-79.
Jacob, Brian A. "Remedial Education and Student Achievement: A Regression-Discontinuity Analysis." Review of Economics and Statistics LXXXVI.1 (2004): 226-244.
Jacob, Brian A. "Public Housing, Housing Vouchers, and Student Achievement: Evidence from Public Housing Demolitions in Chicago." American Economic Review 94.1 (2004): 233-258.
Jacob, Brian A., and Steven Levitt. "To Catch a Cheat." Education Next 4.1 (Winter 2004).
Kling, Jeffrey, Jeffrey Liebman, and Lawrence Katz. "Bullets Don't Got No Name: Consequences of Fear in the Ghetto." Discovering Successful Pathways in Children's Development: Mixed Methods in the Study of Childhood and Family Life. Ed. Thomas S. Weisner. University of Chicago, 2004.
Newhouse, Joseph P. "Consumer-Directed Health Plans and the RAND Health Insurance Experiment." Health Affairs 23.6 (November/December 2004): 107-113.
Newhouse, Joseph P. Comment on "Area Differences in Utilization of Medical Care and Mortality Among U.S. Elderly" by Victor R. Fuchs, Mark McLellan, and Jonathan Skinner. Perspectives on the Economics of Aging, Ed. David A. Wise. University of Chicago Press, 2004: 406-413.
Jencks, Christopher. "The Low-Wage Puzzle." The American Prospect January 2004: 35-38.
Jencks, Christopher, Susan E. Mayer, and Joseph Swingle. "Who Has Benefited from Economic Growth in the United States Since 1969? The Case of Children." What Has Happened to the Quality of Life in American and Other Advanced Industrial Nations? Ed. Edward N. Wolff. Edward Elgar, 2004.
Ellwood, David, and Christopher Jencks. "The Spread of Single-Parent Families in the United States Since 1960." The Future of the Family. Ed. Daniel P. Moynihan, Timothy M. Smeeding, and Lee Rainwater. Russell Sage, 2004.
Ellwood, David, and Christopher Jencks. "The Uneven Spread of Single-Parent Families: What Do We Know? Where Do We Look for Answers?" Social Inequality. Ed. Kathryn Neckerman. Russell Sage, 2004.
Pierce, Glenn L., Anthony A. Braga, Raymond R. Hyatt, and Christopher S. Koper. "The Characteristics and Dynamics of Illegal Firearms Markets: Implications for a Supply-Side Enforcement Strategy." Justice Quarterly 21.2 (2004): 391-422.
Braga, Anthony A. “Linking Gun Crimes: The Impact of Ballistics Imaging Technology on the Productivity of the Boston Police Department’s Ballistics Unit.” Journal of Forensic Sciences 46.4 (2004): 701-706.
Braga, Anthony A. "Gun Violence Among Serious Young Offenders." US/DOJ Problem-Oriented Guides for Police Series, Problem-Specific Guide Number 23, 2004.
Braga, Anthony A. “Crime Prevention Research Partnerships Aid Criminal Justice: Practical Approaches to Improving the Success of Crime Prevention Partnerships.” American Sociological Association Footnotes 32.1 (2004): 7.