Faculty Publications

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.

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

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.

How Does Shaming Human Rights Violators Abroad Shape Attitudes at Home?

Bassan-Nygate, Lotem. "How Does Shaming Human Rights Violators Abroad Shape Attitudes at Home?" British Journal of Political Science 55.e4 (10 February 2025): 1-19.

Supply Chain Management: A Public Sector Perspective

Fagan, Mark L. Supply Chain Management: A Public Sector Perspective. Cheltanham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.

Global health 2050: the path to halving premature death by
mid-century

Jamison, Dean T., Lawrence H. Summers, et al. "Global health 2050: the path to halving premature death by mid-century." The Lancet 404.10462 (October 2024): 1561-1614.

Behind the Curve: Can Manufacturing Still Provide Inclusive Growth?

Lawrence, Robert Z. Behind the Curve: Can Manufacturing Still Provide Inclusive Growth? Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2024.

Sovereign Debt: 200 Years of Creditor Losses

Graf Von Luckner, Clemens, Josefin Meyer, Carmen M. Reinhart, and Christoph Trebesch. "Sovereign Debt: 200 Years of Creditor Losses." NBER Working Paper Series, June 2024.

Servicing Development: Productive Upgrading of Labor-Absorbing Services in Developing Countries

Rodrik, Dani, and Rohan Sandhu. "Servicing Development: Productive Upgrading of Labor-Absorbing Services in Developing Countries." Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, Reimagining the Economy Policy Paper, May 2024.

How to smooth US-China economic relations for the benefit of the global economy: A light model of global economic governance

Rodrik, Dani. "How to smooth US-China economic relations for the benefit of the global economy: A light model of global economic governance." Journal of Government and Economics 13 (Spring 2024).

Beyond a niche approach: Could social business become the norm?

Battilana, Julie, Leszek Krol, Kara Sheppard-Jones, and Alexandra Ubalijoro. "Beyond a niche approach: Could social business become the norm?" Social Economy Science: Transforming the Economy and Making Society More Resilient. Ed. Gorgi Krlev, Dominika Wruk, Giulio Pasi, and Marika Bernhard. Oxford University Press, 2024.

On the design of effective sanctions: the case of bans on exports to russia

Hausmann, Ricardo, Ulrich Schetter, and Muhammed A. Yildirim. "On the design of effective sanctions: the case of bans on exports to russia." Economic Policy (22 January 2024).

New rules for a challenged trading system: the role of safeguards

Lawrence, Robert Z. "New rules for a challenged trading system: the role of safeguards." The Elgar Companion to the World Trade Organization. Ed. Julien Chaisse and Cristián Rodríguez-Chiffelle. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023, 676-690.

US Immigration from Latin America in Historical Perspective

Hanson, Gordon, Pia Orrenius, and Madeline Zavodny. "US Immigration from Latin America in Historical Perspective." Journal of Economic Perspectives 37.1 (Winter 2023): 199-222.

Decrypting new age international capital flows

Graf von Luckner, Clemens, Carmen M. Reinhart, and Kenneth Rogoff. "Decrypting new age international capital flows." Journal of Monetary Economics 138 (September 2023): 104-122.

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." ��vlog�� Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP22-009, July 2022.

Vietnam: Navigating a Rapidly Changing Economy, Society, and Political Order

Ljunggren, Börje, and Dwight Perkins, eds. Vietnam: Navigating a Rapidly Changing Economy, Society, and Political Order. Harvard University Press, 2023.

U.S.-Taiwan Relations in a New Era: Responding to a More Assertive China

Sacks, David, Meghan O'Sullivan, et al. "U.S.-Taiwan Relations in a New Era: Responding to a More Assertive China." Council on Foreign Relations Independent Task Force Report, June 2023.

The Chinese Global in the Long Postwar: Narratives of War, Civilization, and Infrastructure since 1945

Mitter, Rana. "The Chinese Global in the Long Postwar: Narratives of War, Civilization, and Infrastructure since 1945." Debating Worlds: Contested Narratives of Global Modernity and World Order. Ed. Daniel Deudney, G. John Ikenberry, and Karoline Postel-Vinay. Oxford University Press, 2023, 162-183.

The Hidden Costs of Unaccompanied Child Migration

Digidiki, Vasileia, and Jacqueline Bhabha. "The Hidden Costs of Unaccompanied Child Migration." The International Journal of Children's Rights 31.1 (April 2023): 114-136.

China as an International Lender of Last Resort

Horn, Sebastian, Bradley C. Parks, Carmen M. Reinhart, and Cristoph Trebesch. "China as an International Lender of Last Resort." World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series, March 2023.

How Commerce Can Save the Climate: The Case for a Green Free Trade Agreement

Hanson, Gordon, and Matthew J. Slaughter. "How Commerce Can Save the Climate: The Case for a Green Free Trade Agreement." Foreign Affairs 102.2 (March/April 2023): 119-129.

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." ��vlog�� Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP23-005, January 2023.

Let the WTO Referee Carbon Border Taxes

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Let the WTO Referee Carbon Border Taxes." Project Syndicate, November 29, 2022.

Power Shifts in the Twenty-First Century

Wang, Huiyao, and Joseph S. Nye. "Power Shifts in the Twenty-First Century." Understanding Globalization, Global Gaps, and Power Shifts in the 21st Century: CCG Global Dialogues. Ed. Huiyao Wang, and Lu Miao. Springer Nature, 2022, 131-145.

How to Build a Better Order: Limiting Great Power Rivalry in an Anarchic World

Rodrik, Dani, and Stephen Walt. "How to Build a Better Order: Limiting Great Power Rivalry in an Anarchic World." Foreign Affairs 101.5 (September/October 2022): 142-155.

The Imperative of Sustaining (Rather than Destroying) Frontline Empathic Solidarity for Distress Migrants Fortress (North) America

Bhabha, Jacqueline. "The Imperative of Sustaining (Rather than Destroying) Frontline Empathic Solidarity for Distress Migrants Fortress (North) America." Boston University International Law Journal 40.1 (Spring 2022): 49-78.

Rebalancing globalization

Rodrik, Dani. "Rebalancing globalization." Esprit 3 (March 2022): 37-47.

Globalization and Factor Income Taxation

Bachas, Pierre, Matthew H. Fisher-Post, Anders Jensen, and Gabriel Zucman. "Globalization and Factor Income Taxation." NBER Working Paper Series, March 2022.

Social science research to inform solar geoengineering

Joseph E. Aldy, Tyler Felgenhauer, William A. Pizer, Massimo Tavoni, Mariia Belaia, Mark E. Borsuk, Arunabha Ghosh, Garth Heutel, Daniel Heyen, Joshua Horton, David Keith, Christine Merk, Juan Moreno-Cruz, Jesse L. Reynolds, Katharine Ricke, Wilfried Rickels, Soheil Shayegh, Wake Smith, Simone Tilmes, Gernot Wagner, and Jonathan B. Wiener. "Social science research to inform solar geoengineering." Science 374.6569 (2021): 815-818.

China's overseas lending

Horn, Sebastian, Carmen M. Reinhart, and Christoph Trebesch. "China's overseas lending." Journal of International Economics 133 (November 2021): 1-32.

A Note on the Global Distribution of Authorship in Economics Journals

Greenspon, Jacob, and Dani Rodrik. "A Note on the Global Distribution of Authorship in Economics Journals." NBER Working Paper Series, October 2021.

Foundational Essays in Immigration Economics

Borjas, George. Foundational Essays in Immigration Economics. World Scientific, 2021.

Review of Informal Women Workers in the Global South: Policies and Practices for the Formalisation of Women's Employment in Developing Economies

Chen, Martha, and Françoise Carré. Review of Informal Women Workers in the Global South: Policies and Practices for the Formalisation of Women's Employment in Developing Economies, ed. Jayati Ghosh. Gender & Development, 29.2-3, 09/02/2021: 684-687.

Against the best interests of the child: the global injustice of migrant externalization

Digidiki, Vasileia, and Jacqueline Bhabha. "Against the best interests of the child: the global injustice of migrant externalization." Handbook of Migration and Global Justice. Ed. Leanne Weber and Claudia Tazreiter. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021, 100-118.

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