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Feature: Is DOGE Sure It Wants to Fire These People?

Juliette Kayyem examines the negative effects that Elon Musks’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could have on the safety of everyday Americans.

River running through a densely populated area.
Feature: Private Benefits from Public Investment in Climate Resilience

Joseph Aldy finds that governmental construction of levees, which enhance resilience to flood risks amplified by climate change, increases home values by 3-4 percent.

Person sits on a bed holding a check.
Feature: Assessing Government Outreach to Bolster Benefits Take-Up

Elizabeth Linos finds that light-touch interventions significantly, consistently, and cost-effectively increase benefits take-up among low-income households, while higher-touch proactive outreach yields minimal additional take-up.

Black family happily sits on the grass in a park.
Feature: Excess Mortality Rate in U.S. Black Children Since 1950

Soroush Saghafian finds that 5 million excess deaths of Black Americans, including over 500,000 infants, could have been avoided over the past 70 years if their mortality rates were equal to those of White Americans.

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

Recent US Manufacturing Employment: The Exception that Proves the Rule

Lawrence, Robert Z. "Recent US Manufacturing Employment: The Exception that Proves the Rule." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP18-002, November 2017.

Recent Declines in Labor’s Share in US Income: A Neoclassical
Account

Lawrence, Robert Z. "Recent Declines in Labor’s Share in US Income: A Neoclassical Account." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-034, July 2015.

Association of Southeast Asian Nations, People's Republic of China, and India Growth and the Rest of the World: The Role of Trade

Lawrence, Robert Z. "Association of Southeast Asian Nations, People's Republic of China, and India Growth and the Rest of the World: The Role of Trade." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-013, May 2013.

AGOA Rules: The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Special Fabric Provisions

Edwards, Lawrence, and Robert Z. Lawrence. "AGOA Rules: The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Special Fabric Provisions." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series and NBER Working Papers (RWP11-002 and 16623), January 2011

How Good Politics Results in Bad Policy: The Case of Biofuel Mandates

Lawrence, Robert Z. "How Good Politics Results in Bad Policy: The Case of Biofuel Mandates." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-044, CID Working Paper 200, and Belfer Center Discussion Paper 2010-10, November 2010.

Examining Beneficiation

Hausmann, Ricardo, Bailey Klinger, and Robert Z. Lawrence. "Examining Beneficiation." Center for International Development and ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series (162 and RWP08-030), June 2008.

Recent U.S. Free Trade Initiatives in the Middle East: Opportunities but No Guarantees.

Lawrence, Robert Z. "Recent U.S. Free Trade Initiatives in the Middle East: Opportunities but No Guarantees." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP06-050, December 2006.

A New Compensation Mechanism for Preference Erosion in the Doha Round.

Lawrence, Robert Z., and Tatiana Rosito. "A New Compensation Mechanism for Preference Erosion in the Doha Round." CID Blue Sky Conference Paper and KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP06-044, October 2006.