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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

Can Political Affirmative Action for Women Reduce Gender Bias?

Beaman, Lori, Raghab Chattopadhyay, Esther Duflo, Rohini Pande, and Petia Topalova. "Can Political Affirmative Action for Women Reduce Gender Bias?" Vox, January 8, 2009.

Service 2.0 and Cities

Goldsmith, Stephen. "Service 2.0 and Cities." National Civic Review 97.3 (Fall 2008): 52-55.

The Impact of the Internet on Political Activism: Evidence from Europe

Norris, Pippa. "The Impact of the Internet on Political Activism: Evidence from Europe." Handbook of Research on Public Information Technology. Ed. G. David Garson and Mehdi Khosrow-Pour. IGI Publications, January 2008.

The Preacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham in the White House

Gibbs, Nancy. The Preacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham in the White House. Center Street, 2007.

Social Policy and Collective Action: Unemployed Workers, Community Associations and Protest in Argentina

Garay, Candelaria. "Social Policy and Collective Action: Unemployed Workers, Community Associations and Protest in Argentina." Politics & Society 35.2 (June 2007): 301-328.

Going Local: Decentralization, Democratization, and the Promise of Good Governance

Grindle, Merilee S. Going Local: Decentralization, Democratization, and the Promise of Good Governance. Princeton University Press, 2007.

Preventing Violent Conflict

Wilkinson, Robert, et. al. "Preventing Violent Conflict." Department for International Development (DFID), March 2006.

Preserving Privacy by De-Identifying Facial Images

Newton, Elaine M., Latanya Sweeney, and Bradley Malin. "Preserving Privacy by De-Identifying Facial Images." IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE) 17.2 (February 2005): 232-243.

Still Life

Power, Samantha. "Still Life." Rwanda: After. Ed. Michal Ronnen Safdie. Carr Foundation, 2004.

The Radical Reader: A Documentary Anthology of the American Radical Tradition

McCarthy, Timothy Patrick. The Radical Reader: A Documentary Anthology of the American Radical Tradition. The New Press, 2003.

Poverty in the Midst of Wealth: The Democratic Republic of Congo

Balfour-Paul, Jamie, and Robert Wilkinson. "Poverty in the Midst of Wealth: The Democratic Republic of Congo." Oxfam International, January 2002.

Weaving Technology and Privacy Together to Maintain Confidentiality

Sweeney, Latanya. "Weaving Technology and Privacy Together to Maintain Confidentiality." Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 25 (1997): 98-110.