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
Saghafian, Soroush, Derya Kilinic, and Stephen J. Traub. "Dynamic Assignment of Patients to Primary and Secondary Inpatient Units: Is Patience a Virtue?" The Cambridge Handbook of Healthcare Productivity, Efficiency, Effectiveness. Ed. Shawna Grosskopf, Vivian Valdmanis, and Valentin Zelenyuk. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2024, 612-656.
Borjas, George, and Hugh Cassidy. "The Fall and Rise of Immigrant Employment During the COVID-19 Pandemic." Foundational Essays in Immigration Economics. Ed. Polachek, Solomon W., and Konstantinos Tatsiramos. Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023.
Bowles, Hannah Riley, Milton Kotelchuck, and Marc Grau Grau. "Reducing Barriers to Engaged Fatherhood: Three Principles for Promoting Gender Equity in Parenting." Engaged Fatherhood for Men, Families and Gender Equality. Ed. Marc Grau Grau, Mireia las Heras Maestro, and Hannah Riley Bowles. Springer, Cham, 2022.
Matache, Margareta, Jennifer Leaning, and Jacqueline Bhabha. "Hatred against Roma in times of pandemic." Public Health, Mental Health, And Mass Atrocity Prevention. Ed. Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum, Caitlin O. Mahoney, Amy E. Meade, and Arlan F. Fuller. Routledge, 2021.
Allison, Graham. "The US-China Relationship After Coronavirus: Clues from History." COVID-19 and World Order. Ed. Hal Brands and Francis J. Gavin. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
Chandra, Amitabh, Benjamin Handel, and Joshua Schwartzstein. "Behavioral Economics and Health-Care Markets." Handbook of Behavioral Economics: Applications and Foundations. North-Holland, 2019, 459-502.
Shepard, Mark, Timothy Layton, and Alice Ndikumana. "Health Plan Payment in Medicaid Managed Care: A Hybrid Model of Regulated Competition." Risk Adjustment, Risk Sharing, and Premium Regulation in Health Insurance Markets: Theory and Practice. Ed. Thomas McGuire and Richard van Kleef. Elsevier, 2018.
Shepard, Mark, Timothy Layton, and Ellen Montz. "Health Plan Payment in U.S. Marketplaces: Regulated Competition with a Weak Mandate." Risk Adjustment, Risk Sharing, and Premium Regulation in Health Insurance Markets: Theory and Practice. Ed. Thomas McGuire and Richard van Kleef. Elsevier, 2018.
McGuire, Thomas G., and Joseph P. Newhouse. "Medicare Advantage: Regulated Competition in the Shadow of a Public Option." Risk Adjustment, Risk Sharing and Premium Regulation in Health Insurance Market. Academic Press, 2018, 563-598.
Chandra, Amitabh, Tyler Hoppenfeld, and Jonathan Skinner. "Are Black-White Mortality Rates Converging?" Insights in the Economics of Aging. Ed. David A. Wise. University of Chicago Press, 2017, 205-226.
Chen, Martha, and Frances Lund. "Overcoming Barriers and Addressing Gender Dimensions in Universal Health Care for Informal Workers: Lessons from India and Thailand." Social Protection for Informal Workers in Asia. Ed. Sri Wening Handayani. Asian Development Bank, 2016.
Sinaiko, Anna D., and Richard Zeckhauser. "Forced to Choose, Again: The Effects of Defaults on Individuals in Terminated Health Plans." Nudging Health: Health Law and Behavioral Economics. Ed. Cohen, I. Glenn, Holly Fernandez Lynch, and Christopher T. Robertson. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016, 326-338.
Scherer, F.M. "Patents, Monopoly Power, and the Pricing of Pharmaceuticals in Low-income Nations." Handbook of Global Science, Technology and Innovation. Ed. Daniele Archibugi and Andrea Filipetti. Wiley, 2015.
Newhouse, Joseph P. "The Use of Experiments in Health Care." The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Ed. Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume. Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Ferrer, R., William Klein, Jennifer Lerner, Valerie Reyna, and Dacher Keltner. "Emotions and Health Decision-Making: Extending the Appraisal Tendency Framework to Improve Health and Healthcare." Behavioral Economics and Public Health. Ed. Christina A. Roberto and Ichiro Kawachi. Oxford University Press, 2015, 101-131.
Scherer, F.M. "Research and Development Costs and Productivity in Biopharmaceuticals." Encyclopedia of Health Economics. Elsevier, 2014, 249-255.
Newhouse, Joseph P. "Introduction." Moral Hazard in Health Insurance. Ed. Amy Finkelstein. Columbia University Press, December 2014.
Chen, Lincoln, Jennifer Ryan, and Tony Saich. "Introduction: Philanthropy for Health in China: Distinctive Roots and Future Prospects." Philanthropy for Health in China. Ed. Jennifer Ryan, Lincoln C. Chen, and Tony Saich. Indiana University Press, 2014, 1-15.
Newhouse, Joseph P. "The Economics of Medical Care." Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, 19th edition. Ed. Dennis L. Kasper, Anthony S. Fauci, Stephen L. Hauser, Dan L. Longo, J. Larry Jameson, and Joseph Loscalzo. McGraw Hill, 2013, 15e.
Kamm, Frances. "The Trolley Problem." The International Encyclopedia of Ethics. Ed. Hugh LaFollette. Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
Berndt, Ernst, and Joseph P. Newhouse. "Pricing and Reimbursement in U.S. Pharmaceutical Markets." The Economics of the Biopharmaceutical Industry. Ed. Patricia M. Danzon and Sean Nicholson. Oxford University Press, 2012.
Baum, Matthew A. "Partisan Media and Attitude Polarization: The Case of Healthcare Reform." Regulatory Breakdown The Crisis of Confidence in U.S. Regulation. Ed. Cary Coglianese. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012, 118-142.
Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian. "The Availability and Utilization of 401(k) Loans." Investigations in the Economics of Aging. Ed. David A. Wise. University of Chicago Press, 2012, 145-172.
Lee, Jinkook, P. Arokiasamy, Amitabh Chandra, Peifeng Hu, Jenny Liu, and Kevin Feeney. "Markers and Drivers: Cardiovascular Health of Middle Age and Older Indians." Aging in Asia: Findings from New and Emerging Data Initiatives. Ed. James P. Smith and Malay Majmundar. National Academies Press, 2012, 387-414.
Jasanoff, Sheila. "Taking Life: Private Rights in Public Nature." Lively Capital: Biotechnologies, Ethics, and Governance in Global Markets. Ed. Kaushik Sunder Rajan. Duke University Press, 2012, 155-183.
Risse, Mathias. "Is there a Human Right to Essential Pharmaceuticals? The Global Common, the Intellectual Common, and the Possibility of Private Intellectual Property." Global Justice and Bioethics. Ed. Ezekiel Emanuel and Joseph Millum. Oxford University Press, 2012.
Chernew, Michael E., and Joseph P. Newhouse. "Health Care Spending Growth." Handbook of Health Economics. Ed. McGuire, Thomas G., Mark V. Pauly, and Pedro Pita Barros. Elsevier, 2012, 1-43.
Heifetz, Ronald A. "Build the Stomach for the Journey." Mastering Public Health: Essential Skills for Effective Practice. Ed. Barry S. Levy and Joyce R. Gaufin. Oxford University Press, 2012, 311-312.
Newhouse, Joseph P. "Assessing the Effects of Tobacco Policy Changes on Smoking-Related Health Expenditures." After Tobacco: What Would Happen if Americans Stopped Smoking? Ed. Peter Bearman, Kathryn Neckerman, and Leslie Wright. Columbia University Press, 2011, 256-289.
Newhouse, Joseph P. "The Economics of Medical Care." Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine. Ed. Dan L. Longo, Anthony S. Fauci, Dennis L. Kasper, Stephen L. Hauser, J. Larry Jameson, and Joseph Loscalzo. McGraw Hill, 2011, e3.
Ruggie, Mary. "Can Policy Create Quality? The United States in Comparative Perspective." Handbook of the Sociology of Health, Illness, and Healing. Ed. Bernice A. Pescosolido, Jack K. Martin, Jane D. McLeod, Anne Rogers. Springer, 2011, 85-99.
Scherer, F.M. "Pharmaceutical Innovation." Handbook on the Economics of Innovation. Ed. Bronwyn H. Hall and Nathan Rosenberg. North-Holland, 2010.
Baicker, Katherine, and Amitabh Chandra. "Understanding Agglomerations in Health Care." Agglomeration Economics. Ed. Edward L. Glaeser. University of Chicago Press, 2010, 211 - 236.
Cutler, David M., and Edward L. Glaeser. Social Interactions and Smoking. Research Findings in the Economics of Aging. Ed. David A. Wise. University of Chicago Press, 2010, 141-144.
Chandra, Amitabh, and Heidi Williams. Comment: Aging and Death under a Dollar a Day. Research Findings in the Economics of Aging. Ed. David A. Wise. University of Chicago Press, 2010, 203-209.
Glaeser, Edward L. Comment: Education and the Prevalence of Pain. Research Findings in the Economics of Aging. Ed. David A. Wise. University of Chicago Press, 2010.
Chandra, Amitabh, and Heidi Williams. Comment: Income, Aging, Health and Well-Being around the World: Evidence from the Gallup World Poll. Research Findings in the Economics of Aging. Ed. David A. Wise. University of Chicago Press, 2010, 263-267.
Scherer, F.M. Access to Medicines. The Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy. Ed. Kenneth A. Reinert, Ramkishen S. Rajan, Amy Jocelyn Glass, and Lewis S. Davis. Princeton University Press, 2009, 3-6.
Scherer, F.M. Dynamics and Regulation in the Asian Pharmaceutical Industry. Prescribing Cultures and Pharmaceutical Policy in the Asia-Pacific. Ed. Karen Eggleston. Stanford University APARC, 2009, 367-385.
Kamm, Frances. "Discrimination, Disability and Irrelevant Goods." Disability and Disadvantage. Ed. Kimberley Brownlee and Adam Cureton. Oxford University Press, 2009.
Cutler, David M., and Edward L. Glaeser. Why Do Europeans Smoke More than Americans? Developments in the Economics of Aging. Ed. David A. Wise. National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report Series, University of Chicago Press, 2009, 255-282.
Chandra, Amitabh. "Comment: Health and Well-Being in Udaipur and South Africa." Developments in the Economics of Aging. Ed. David A. Wise. National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report Series, University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Kamm, Frances. What Is and Is Not Wrong with Enhancement. Human Enhancement. Ed. Julian Savulescu and Nick Bostrom. Oxford University Press, 2009, 91-131.