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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

Crime Guns, Gun Criminals, and Ballistics Imaging Technology.

Braga, Anthony A. “Crime Guns, Gun Criminals, and Ballistics Imaging Technology.” Panel on the Feasibility, Accuracy, and Technical Capability of a National Ballistics Database, National Research Council, Presentation Paper, December 2004.

Illegal Gun Markets in Los Angeles and Intervention Strategies.

Ridgeway, Gregory, George Tita, Anthony A. Braga, and Glenn L. Pierce. “Illegal Gun Markets in Los Angeles and Intervention Strategies.” American Society of Criminology Annual Conference Paper, November 2004.

Analyzing Homicides: Dying to Know.

Braga, Anthony A. “Analyzing Homicides: Dying to Know.” Fifteenth Annual Problem-Oriented Policing Conference, Plenary Session Paper, October 2004.

Mapping Illegal Gun Markets: National, Regional, Local Patterns.

Tita, George, Anthony A. Braga, Glenn L. Pierce, and Alan Saiz. “Mapping Illegal Gun Markets: National, Regional, Local Patterns.” Seventh Annual International Crime Mapping Research Conference Paper, April 2004.

Still Life

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

Are Idle Hands the Devil's Workshop? Incapacitation, Concentration, and Juvenile Crime.

Jacob, Brian A., and Lars Lefgren. "Are Idle Hands the Devil's Workshop? Incapacitation, Concentration, and Juvenile Crime." American Economic Review 93.5 (2003): 1560-1577.

Leadership In Times of Crisis

John Smith. "Leadership In Times of Crisis." Leadership Working Papers, September 2009.

Testing for Structural Breaks in the Evaluation of Programs.

Piehl, Anne Morrison, Suzanne J. Cooper, David M. Kennedy, and Anthony A. Braga. "Testing for Structural Breaks in the Evaluation of Programs." KSG Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP01-019, April 2001.

The United States and Genocide Law: A History of Ambivalence

Power, Samantha. "The United States and Genocide Law: A History of Ambivalence." The United States and the International Criminal Court: National Security and International Law. Ed. Adam Jones. Rowman & Littlefield, 2000.

To Suffer by Comparison?

Power, Samantha. "To Suffer by Comparison?" Daedalus (Spring 1999): 31-66.

From Children to Citizens, Volume II: The Role of the Juvenile Court

Hartmann, Francis X., ed. From Children to Citizens, Volume II: The Role of the Juvenile Court. Springer-Verlag, 1987.