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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

Navigating Computer Science Research Through Waves of Privacy Concerns: Discussions among Computer Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University

Sweeney, Latanya. "Navigating Computer Science Research Through Waves of Privacy Concerns: Discussions among Computer Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University." ACM Computers and Society 34.1 (April 2004).

Finding Lists of People on the Web

Sweeney, Latanya. "Finding Lists of People on the Web." ACM Computers and Society 34.1 (April 2004).

How (Not) to Protect Genomic Data Privacy in a Distributed Network: Using Trail Re-identification to Evaluate and Design Anonymity Protection Systems

Bradley Malin and Latanya Sweeney. "How (Not) to Protect Genomic Data Privacy in a Distributed Network: Using Trail Re-identification to Evaluate and Design Anonymity Protection Systems." Journal of Biomedical Informatics 37.3 (2004): 179-192.

K-Anonymity: A Model for Protecting Privacy

Sweeney, Latanya. "K-Anonymity: A Model for Protecting Privacy." International Journal on Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-based Systems 10.5 (2002): 557-570.

Achieving k-Anonymity Privacy Protection Using Generalization and Suppression

Sweeney, Latanya. "Achieving k-Anonymity Privacy Protection Using Generalization and Suppression." International Journal on Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-based Systems 10.5 (2002): 571-588.

Inferring Genotype from Clinical Phenotype through a Knowledge Based Algorithm

Malin, Bradley and Latanya Sweeney. "Inferring Genotype from Clinical Phenotype through a Knowledge Based Algorithm." Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing 2002 (2002).

Information Explosion

Sweeney, Latanya. "Information Explosion." Confidentiality, Disclosure, and Data Access: Theory and Practical Applications for Statistical Agencies. Ed. Pat Doyle, Julia Lane, J.M. Theeuwes, and Laura Zayatz. Elsevier Science, 2001.

Technology Policy for a World of Skew-Distributed Outcomes

Scherer, F.M., and Dietmar Harhoff. "Technology Policy for a World of Skew-Distributed Outcomes." Research Policy 29.4 (April 2000): 559-566.

New Perspectives on Economic Growth and Technological Innovation

Scherer, F.M. New Perspectives on Economic Growth and Technological Innovation. Brookings Institution Press, 1999.

Datafly: A System for Providing Anonymity in Medical Data

Sweeney, Latanya. "Datafly: A System for Providing Anonymity in Medical Data." Database Security, XI: Status and Prospects. Ed. T. Lin and S. Qian. Elsevier Science, 1998.

Replacing Personally-Identifying Information in Medical Records, the Scrub System

Sweeney, Latanya. "Replacing Personally-Identifying Information in Medical Records, the Scrub System." Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (1996): 333-337.

Computer Guide

Sweeney, Latanya. Computer Guide. CESS Publishing, 1983.