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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

Ballots Not Bullets: Electoral Systems, Ethnic Minorities and Democratization.

Norris, Pippa. "Ballots Not Bullets: Electoral Systems, Ethnic Minorities and Democratization." The Architecture of Democracy. Ed. Andrew Reynolds and Scott Mainwaring. Oxford University Press, 2002.

Just Elections: Creating a Fair Electoral Process in the U.S

Thompson, Dennis. Just Elections: Creating a Fair Electoral Process in the U.S. University of Chicago Press, 2002.

“Political Representation.”

Thompson, Dennis. “Political Representation.” International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Ed. Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes. Elsevier Science, 2002, 11696-11698.

The Vanishing Voter: Public Involvement in an Age of Uncertainty

Patterson, Thomas E. The Vanishing Voter: Public Involvement in an Age of Uncertainty, Hardcover Edition. Knopf, 2002.

Women as Candidates in Congressional Elections.

Matland, Richard E., and David C. King. "Women as Candidates in Congressional Elections." Women Transforming Congress. Ed. Cindy Simon Rosenthal. University of Oklahoma Press, 2002.

The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States

Keyssar, Alexander. The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States, Paperback Edition. Basic, 2001.

The Right to Vote and Election 2000.

Keyssar, Alexander. "The Right to Vote and Election 2000." The Undecided Election. Ed. Jack Rakove. Basic, 2001.