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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.

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

Sanctions on Venezuela are not Driving Migration to the US Southwest Border: An Empirical Assessment

Bahar, Dany, and Ricardo Hausmann. "Sanctions on Venezuela are not Driving Migration to the US Southwest Border: An Empirical Assessment." Center for Global Development Note, March 24, 2025.

Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone? Changes in the Geography of Work in the US, 1980-2021

Hanson, Gordon, and Enrico Moretti. "Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone? Changes in the Geography of Work in the US, 1980-2021." NBER Working Paper Series, March 2025.

Using Satellite Imagery to Detect the Impacts of New Highways: An Application to India

Baragwanath Vogel, Kathryn, Gordon H. Hanson, Amit Khandelwal, Chen Liu, and Hogeun Park. "Using Satellite Imagery to Detect the Impacts of New Highways: An Application to India." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP24-003, January 2024.

Using Satellite Imagery to Detect the Impacts of New Highways: An Application to India

Vogel, Kathryn Baragwanath, Gordon H. Hanson, Amit Khandelwal, Chen Liu, Hogeun Park. "Using Satellite Imagery to Detect the Impacts of New Highways: An Application to India." NBER Working Paper Series, January 2024.

Washington’s New Trade Consensus And What It Gets Wrong

Hanson, Gordon. "Washington’s New Trade Consensus And What It Gets Wrong." Review of No Trade Is Free: Changing Course, Taking on China, and Helping America’s Workers, by Robert Lighthizer. Foreign Affairs, 103.1, January/February 2024.

Great Dilution: The Global Impact of the US Inflation Shock on Sovereign Debt

Nair, Gautam, and Federico Sturzenegger. "Great Dilution: The Global Impact of the US Inflation Shock on Sovereign Debt." IMF Economic Review (2023).

Great Dilution: The Global Impact of the US Inflation Shock on Sovereign Debt

Nair, Gautam, and Federico Sturzenegger. "Great Dilution: The Global Impact of the US Inflation Shock on Sovereign Debt." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP22-009, July 2022.

Trading Places: Mobility Responses of Native and Foreign-Born Adults to the China Trade Shock

Autor, David, David Dorn, and Gordon H. Hanson. "Trading Places: Mobility Responses of Native and Foreign-Born Adults to the China Trade Shock." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP23-007, January 2023.

Local Labor Market Impacts of the Energy Transition: Prospects and Policies

Hanson, Gordon H. "Local Labor Market Impacts of the Energy Transition: Prospects and Policies." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP23-005, January 2023.

America Needs More Immigration to Defeat Inflation

Hanson, Gordon H., and Matthew J. Slaughter. "America Needs More Immigration to Defeat Inflation." Foreign Affairs (December 19, 2022).

Using Neural Networks to Predict Microspatial Economic Growth

Khachiyan, Arman, Anthony Thomas, Huye Zhou, Gordon Hanson, Alex Cloninger, Tajana Rosing, and Amit K. Khandelwal. "Using Neural Networks to Predict Microspatial Economic Growth." American Economic Review: Insights 4.4 (December 2022): 491-506.

US Immigration from Latin America in Historical Perspective

Hanson, Gordon H., Pia Orrenius, and Madeline Zavodny. "US Immigration from Latin America in Historical Perspective." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP22-023, November 2022.

The World’s Best-Kept Financial Inclusion Secret Revealed: The Untold Success Story of BRI Microbanking Since 1895

Rosengard, Jay K. "The World’s Best-Kept Financial Inclusion Secret Revealed: The Untold Success Story of BRI Microbanking Since 1895." Ash Center Policy Briefs Series, November 2022.

Collective Reputation in Trade: Evidence from the Chinese Dairy Industry

Bai, Jie, Ludovica Gazze, and Yukun Wang. "Collective Reputation in Trade: Evidence from the Chinese Dairy Industry." The Review of Economics and Statistics 104.6 (November 2022): 1121-1137.

The G20’s Role in Fostering Trade and Investment

Hanson, Gordon. "The G20’s Role in Fostering Trade and Investment." New Normal, New Technology, New Financing. Ed. Ing, Lili Yan, and Dani Rodrik. ERIA and IEA, 2022, 64-75.

Melons as Lemons: Asymmetric Information, Consumer Learning and Seller Reputation

Bai, Jie. "Melons as Lemons: Asymmetric Information, Consumer Learning and Seller Reputation." CID Faculty Working Paper Series, March 2021.

Success Factors in Tax Digitalization

Rosengard, Jay K. "Success Factors in Tax Digitalization." United Nations Better Than Cash Alliance, October 2020.

Lynching and Local Justice: Legitimacy and Accountability in Weak States

Danielle F. Jung and Dara Kay Cohen. Lynching and Local Justice: Legitimacy and Accountability in Weak States. Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Review Essay: The Prince

Masoud, Tarek. "Review Essay: The Prince." Review of MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman, by Ben Hubbard. Journal of Democracy, 31.3, July 2020: 172-178.

Muslim Democratic Parties in the Middle East: Economy and Politics of Islamist Moderation

Masoud, Tarek. "Muslim Democratic Parties in the Middle East: Economy and Politics of Islamist Moderation." Review of Muslim Democratic Parties in the Middle East: Economy and Politics of Islamist Moderation, by A. Kadir Yildirim. Perspectives on Politics, 17.4, December 2019: 1223-1226.

Review Essay: Why Tunisia?

Masoud, Tarek. "Review Essay: Why Tunisia?" Review of Tunisia: An Arab Anomaly, by Safwan M. Masri. Journal of Democracy, 29.4, October 2018: 166-175.

Off-grid Energy Services for the Poor: Introducing LED Lighting in the Millennium Villages Project in Malawi

Adkins, Edwin, Sandy Eapen, Flora Kaluwile, Gautam Nair, and Vijay Modi. "Off-grid Energy Services for the Poor: Introducing LED Lighting in the Millennium Villages Project in Malawi." Energy Policy 38.2 (February 2010): 1087-1097.