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
Moore, Mark H., and Anthony A. Braga. “Police Performance Measurement: A Normative Framework.” Criminal Justice Ethics 23.1 (2004): 3-19.
Braga, Anthony A. “Crime Guns, Gun Criminals, and Ballistics Imaging Technology.” Panel on the Feasibility, Accuracy, and Technical Capability of a National Ballistics Database, National Research Council, Presentation Paper, December 2004.
Ridgeway, Gregory, George Tita, Anthony A. Braga, and Glenn L. Pierce. “Illegal Gun Markets in Los Angeles and Intervention Strategies.” American Society of Criminology Annual Conference Paper, November 2004.
Braga, Anthony A. “Analyzing Homicides: Dying to Know.” Fifteenth Annual Problem-Oriented Policing Conference, Plenary Session Paper, October 2004.
Tita, George, Anthony A. Braga, Glenn L. Pierce, and Alan Saiz. “Mapping Illegal Gun Markets: National, Regional, Local Patterns.” Seventh Annual International Crime Mapping Research Conference Paper, April 2004.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Psychology and the Market." American Economic Review 94.2 (May 2004): 408-413.
Glaeser, Edward L., and Albert Saiz. "The Rise of the Skilled City." Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs. Ed. William G. Gale and Janet Rothenberg Pack. Brookings Institution, 2004, 47-94.
Glaeser, Edward L., Eric A. Hanushek, and John M. Quigley. "Opportunities, Race, and Urban Location: The Influence of John Kain." Journal of Urban Economics 56.1 (2004): 70-79.
Glaeser, Edward L., and Janet E. Kohlhase. “Cities, Regions and the Decline of Transport Costs." Papers in Regional Science 83.1 (2004): 197-228.
Newhouse, Joseph P. "How Much Should Medicare Pay for Drugs?" Health Affairs 23.1 (January-February 2004): 89-102.
Howell, William G., and Paul E. Peterson. "Uses of Theory in Randomized Field Trials." American Behavioral Scientist 47.5 (January 2004): 634-657.
Glaeser, Edward L. Review of The Creative Class, by Richard Florida. Harvard Economics Department, May 2004.
Alesina, Alberto, and Edward L. Glaeser. Fighting Poverty in the U.S. and Europe: A World of Difference. Oxford University Press, May 2004.
Ruggie, Mary. Review of Markets and Medicine: The Politics of Health Care Reform in Britain, Germany, and the United States, by Susan Giaimo. Journal of Health, Politics, Policy and Law, 29.3 June 2004.
Dynarski, Susan. "The New Merit Aid." College Choices: The Economics of Where to Go, When to Go, and How to Pay for It. Ed. Caroline Hoxby. University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Dynarski, Susan. "Tax Policy and Education Policy: Coordination or Collision?" Tax Policy and the Economy. Ed. James M. Poterba. MIT Press, 2004.
Wise, David A., ed. Perspectives on the Economics of Aging. University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Wise, David A. "Introduction." Perspectives on the Economics of Aging. Ed. David A. Wise. University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Poterba, James M., Steven F. Venti, and David A. Wise. "The Transition to Personal Accounts and Increasing Retirement Wealth: Macro- and Microevidence." Perspectives on the Economics of Aging. Ed. David A. Wise. University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Venti, Steven F., and David A. Wise. "Aging and Housing Equity: Another Look." Perspectives on the Economics of Aging. Ed. David A. Wise. University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Retsinas, Nicolas. "Housing 'Affordability' Problem." Providence Journal, December 8, 2003.
Harding, David J., Christopher Jencks, Leonard M. Lopoo, and Susan E. Mayer. "The Changing Effect of Family Background on the Incomes of American Adults." KSG Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP03-045, December 2003.
Wilson, William Julius. "Race, Class and Urban Poverty: A Rejoinder." Ethnic and Racial Studies Special Issue - Scholarship on Race and Urban Poverty: Extending the Work of William Julius Wilson 26.6 (November 2003): 1096-1114.
Borjas, George. "Welfare Reform, Labor Supply, and Health Insurance in the Immigrant Population." Journal of Health Economics 22.6 (November 2003): 933-958.
Borjas, George. "The Labor Demand Curve Is Downward Sloping: Reexamining the Impact of Immigration on the Labor Market." Quarterly Journal of Economics 4 (November 2003): 1335-1374.
Ferguson, Ronald. “Peer Relations, Classroom Goal Structures and Academic Persistence: Preliminary Findings from a Large Sample of Elementary Classrooms.” APPAM Annual Conference Paper, November 2003.
Retsinas, Nicolas. "The Return of 'Affordability?'" National Mortgage News October 27, 2003.
Cornell, Stephen, and Joseph P. Kalt. "Alaska Native Self-Government and Service Delivery: What Works?" KSG Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP03-42, October 2003.
Kalt, Joseph P., Stephen Cornell, Miriam Jorgensen, and Katherine A Spilde. "Seizing the Future: Why Some Native Nations Do and Others Don't." Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, October 2003.
Retsinas, Nicolas. "Don't Hold Your Breath for Cheaper Housing." Boston Globe, September 15, 2003.
Glaeser, Edward L., and Erzo F.P. Luttmer. "The Misallocation of Housing Under Rent Control." American Economic Review 93.4 (September 2003): 1027-1046.
Orr, Larry, Judith Feins, Robin Jacob, Eric Beecroft, Lisa Sanbonmatsu, Lawrence Katz, Jeffrey Liebman, and Jeffrey Kling. "Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing Demonstration: Interim Impacts Evaluation." U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, September 2003.
Edlin, Aaron S, Joseph P. Kalt, A. Douglas Melamed, and Gary L. Roberts. "Roundtable: Recent Developments in Section 2." Antitrust Magazine Fall 2003: 15-25.
Cooper, Suzanne J., Anne Morrison Piehl, David M. Kennedy, and Anthony A. Braga. "Testing for Structural Breaks in the Evaluation of Programs." The Review of Economics and Statistics (August 2003): 550-558.
Ferguson, Ronald. "Teachers' Perceptions and Expectations and the Black-White Test Score Gap." Urban Education 38.4 (July 2003).
Retsinas, Nicolas. "Affordable Rents: A Sound Strategy for Homeownership." Banker and Tradesman June 30, 2003.
Wilson, William Julius. "There Goes the Neighborhood." New York Times, June 16, 2003.
Dynarski, Susan. "Tax Policy and Education Policy: Collision or Coordination? A Case Study of the 529 and Coverdell Education Savings Incentives." Papers and Proceedings of the 2003 IRS Research Conference, U.S. Department of the Treasury, June 2003.
Apgar, William, and Mark Duda. "The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Community Reinvestment Act: Past Accomplishments and Future Regulatory Challenges." Economic Policy Review June 2003: 169-192.
Altshuler, Alan, and David Luberoff. ""Big Dig Projects: Are They Worth It?"." Boston Globe, March 27, 2003.
Dynarski, Susan. "Does Aid Matter? Measuring the Effect of Student Aid on College Attendance and Completion." American Economic Review 93.1 (March 2003): 279-288.
Apgar, William, and Emily Whiting. "Essential Function Bonds: An Emerging Tool for Affordable Housing Finance." KSG Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP03-015, March 2003.
Apgar, William, and Emily Whiting. "Essential Function Bonds: An Emerging Tool for Affordable Housing Finance." Joint Center for Housing Studies Working Paper W03-2, February 2003.
Peterson, Paul E. "The Changing Politics of Federalism." Evolving Federalisms: The Intergovernmental Balance of Power in America and Europe. Ed. Craig Parsons and Alasdair Roberts. Campbell Public Affairs Institute, Maxwell School of Syracuse University, 2003, 25-42.
Harding, David J., and Christopher Jencks. "Changing Attitudes toward Premarital Sex: Cohort, Period, and Aging Effects." Public Opinion Quarterly 67.2 (Summer 2003): 211-226.
Jencks, Christopher, and Gary Burtless. "American Inequality and Its Consequences." Agenda for the Nation. Ed. Henry Aaron, James Lindsay, and Pietro Nivola. Brookings Institution, 2003.
Light, Richard J. "Writing and Students' Engagement." Peer Review 6.1 (Fall 2003).
Newhouse, Joseph P. "Accounting for Teaching Hospitals' Higher Costs and What to Do About Them." Health Affairs 22.6 (November-December 2003): 126-129.
Fernandopulle, Rushika, Timothy Ferris, Arnold Epstein, Barbara McNeil, Joseph P. Newhouse, Gary Pisano, and David Blumenthal. "Bridging the Gap: A Research Agenda for Crossing the 'Quality Chasm'." Health Affairs 22.2 (March-April 2003): 178-190.
Peterson, Paul E. "Schools After 20 Years." Current 454 (July-August 2003): 7-9.