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Feature: Changes in Racial Gaps in Retirement Security over Time

Douglas Elmendorf and Karen Dynan find a large wealth disparity between White and Black families nearing retirement age, and notable wealth declines for both groups between 2001 and 2019.

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Feature: Recovering from COVID

James Stock finds that COVID-19 recovery was unprecedented in its rapid speed but still introduced or accelerated structural economic changes, including to the labor force.

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Feature: Efficacy of Text Messaging in Activating Hard-to-Reach Voters

Latanya Sweeney finds that text message reminders can effectively boost engagement and registration accuracy among hard-to-reach voters.

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Feature: The Global Distribution of Authorship in Economics Journals

Dani Rodrik finds that Western and Northern European authors are overrepresented in economics journals by an order of magnitude compared to authors based in low-income countries.

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

Saving Natural Gas through Regulation

Lee, Henry. "Saving Natural Gas through Regulation." National Interest, March 31, 2019.

No Day at the National Parks

Bilmes, Linda J. "No Day at the National Parks." Boston Globe, October 4, 2013.

Climate Policy: Hard Problem, Soft Thinking

Wagner, Gernot, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Climate Policy: Hard Problem, Soft Thinking." Climatic Change 110.3/4 (February 2012): 507-521.

An Economist’s View of the Oil Spill from Inside the White House

Aldy, Joseph. "An Economist’s View of the Oil Spill from Inside the White House." Resources Magazine. 2011.

Boundary Organizations, Objects and Agents: Linking Knowledge with Action in Agroforestry Watersheds.

McNie, E.C., Van Noordwijk, M., Clark, W.C., Dickson, N.M., Sakuntaladewi, N., Suyanto, S., Joshi, L., Leimona, B., Kurniatun, H. & Khususiyah, N. "Boundary Organizations, Objects and Agents: Linking Knowledge with Action in Agroforestry Watersheds." World Agroforestry Center - ICRAF Southeast Asia, 2008.