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The White House lawn on a sunny day.
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.

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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

Review of Wine Wars II

Newhouse, Joseph P. Review of Wine Wars II, by Mike Veseth. Journal of Wine Economics, April 2, 2024.

Review of Will the United States Continue to Allocate a Growing Proportion of Its GDP to Health Care?

Newhouse, Joseph P. Review of Will the United States Continue to Allocate a Growing Proportion of Its GDP to Health Care?, by Stuart Altman. Wanting It All: The Challenge of Reforming the U.S. Health Care System, 2007: 257-263.

Review of Aggregation and the Measurement of Health Care Costs

Newhouse, Joseph P. Review of Aggregation and the Measurement of Health Care Costs, by Thomas Getzen. Health Services Research, 41.5, October 2006: 1955-1958.

Comment on Area Differences in Utilization of Medical Care and Mortality Among U.S. Elderly

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.

Review of Health Policy in the Clinton Era: Once Bitten, Twice Shy

Newhouse, Joseph P. Review of Health Policy in the Clinton Era: Once Bitten, Twice Shy, by David Cutler and Jonathan Gruber. ed. Jeffrey Frankel and Peter Orszag. MIT Press, 2002.

Comment on Medical Care in the Consumer Price Index

Newhouse, Joseph P. Comment on "Medical Care in the Consumer Price Index" by Ina Kay Ford and Daniel H. Ginsberg. Medical Care Output and Productivity, Ed. David M. Cutler and Ernst R. Berndt. University of Chicago Press, 2001.

Comment on Health Care Output and Prices in the Producer Price Index by Dennis Fixler and Mitchell Ginsburg.

Newhouse, Joseph P. Comment on "Health Care Output and Prices in the Producer Price Index" by Dennis Fixler and Mitchell Ginsburg. Medical Care Output and Productivity, Ed. David M. Cutler and Ernst R. Berndt. University of Chicago Press, 2001.

Comment on The Concentration of Medical Spending: An Update

Newhouse, Joseph P. Comment on "The Concentration of Medical Spending: An Update" by David M. Cutler and Ellen Meara. Themes in the Economics of Aging, Ed. David A. Wise. University of Chicago Press, 2001.

Comment on The Sources of Cost Difference in Health Insurance Plans: A Decomposition Analysis

Newhouse, Joseph P. Comment on "The Sources of Cost Difference in Health Insurance Plans: A Decomposition Analysis" by Matthew Eichner, Mark McClellan, and David A. Wise. Themes in the Economics of Aging, Ed. David A. Wise. 2001.