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
Sachs, Jeffrey D., Nirupam Bajpai, and Ananthi Ramiah. "Understanding Regional Economic Growth in India." CID Working Paper 88, March 2002.
Eaton, Susan C. "Keeping Caring Caregivers: Investigating Frontline Staff Turnover in Nursing Facilities.” Boston University School of Public Health Colloquium Conference Paper, February 2002.
Wilson, William Julius. “Expanding the Domain of Policy-Relevant Scholarship.” London School of Economics CASE Paper #52, February 2002.
Mayer, Daniel P., Paul E. Peterson, David E. Myers, Christina Clark Tuttle, and William G. Howell. "School Choice in New York City After Three Years: An Evaluation of the School Choice Scholarships Program." Harvard University Program on Education Policy and Governance Research Paper PEPG02-01, February 2002.
Apgar, William, and Mark Duda. “The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Community Reinvestment Act: Past Accomplishments, Future Challenges.” New York Federal Reserve Board Conference on Policies to Promote Affordable Housing Paper, February 2002.
Kalt, Joseph P., and the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development. "Native America at the New Millennium." Manuscript, February 2002.
Fountain, Jane. "Women in the Information Age." American Association for the Advancement of Science Conference Paper, February 2002.
Rodrik, Dani. "Institutions, Integration, and Geography: In Search of the Deep Determinants of Economic Growth." Working Paper, February 2002.
Hogan, William W., and Scott M. Harvey. "Loss Hedging Financial Transmission Rights." Working Paper, January 15, 2002.
Hogan, William W. "California Market Design Breakthrough." Working Paper, January 13, 2002.
Mechling, Jerry, and the Harvard Policy Group on Network Enabled Services in Government. “Imperative 5: Protect Privacy and Security.” Report Series: Eight Imperatives for Leaders in a Networked World, 2002.
Mechling, Jerry, and the Harvard Policy Group on Network Enabled Services in Government. “Imperative 6: Form IT-Related Partnerships to Stimulate Economic Competitiveness.” Report Series: Eight Imperatives for Leaders in a Networked World, 2002.
Mechling, Jerry, and the Harvard Policy Group on Network Enabled Services in Government. “Imperative 7: Use IT to Promote Equal Opportunity and Healthy Communities.” Report Series: Eight Imperatives for Leaders in a Networked World, 2002.
Mechling, Jerry, and the Harvard Policy Group on Network Enabled Services in Government. “Imperative 8: Prepare for Digital Democracy.” Report Series: Eight Imperatives for Leaders in a Networked World, 2002.
Andrabi, T., M. Ghatak, and Asim Ijaz Khwaja. "Subcontractors for Tractors: Theory and Evidence on Flexible Specialization, Supplier Selection, and Contracting." Working Paper, 2002.
Piehl, Anne Morrison. "From Cell to Street: A Plan to Supervise Inmates After Release." Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth, January 2002.
Saich, Anthony. "Social Welfare Provision and Economic Transition: Pluralism and Integration of Service Delivery." Infocus Programme on Socio-Economic Security, International Labor Organization Working Paper Series, 2002.
Keating, Elizabeth, Stephen Hillegeist, Donald Cram, and Kyle Lundstedt. “Assessing the Probability of Bankruptcy.” Working Paper, 2002.
Keating, Elizabeth, Mary Fischer, Teresa Gordon, and Janet Greenlee. “What Does 'Operating Income' Really Mean? An Analysis of the Financial Statements of Private Colleges and Universities.” Working Paper, 2002.
Keating, Elizabeth, Mary Fischer, Teresa Gordon, and Janet Greenlee. “Adverse Audit Findings for Nonprofit Organizations Under the Single Audit Act: Risk, Industry Sector, and Auditor Effects.” Working Paper, 2002.
Clark, William C. "Science and Technology for Sustainable Development." ICSU Series on Science for Sustainable Development No. 9, 2002.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Should Gold-Exporters Peg Their Currencies to Gold?” World Gold Council Research Study No. 29, 2002.
Frankel, Jeffrey A., Sergio Schmukler, and Luis Servén. “Global Transmission of Interest Rates: Monetary Independence and the Currency Regime.” NBER Working Paper W8828, 2002.
Frumkin, Peter and Elizabeth Keating. “The Risks and Rewards of Nonprofit Revenue Concentration.” Working Paper, 2002.
Frumkin, Peter. “Making Public Sector Mergers Work.” Price Waterhouse Cooper's Endowment for the Business of Government, 2002.
Frumkin, Peter. “The Strategic Management of Charter Schools.” Working Paper, 2002.
Fung, Archon. “Collaboration and Countervailing Power: Making Participatory Governance Work.” Working Paper, 2002.
Fountain, Jane. "Information, Institutions, and Governance: Advancing a Basic Social Science Research Program for Digital Government." National Center for Digital Government Report NCDG-01, 2002.
Grindle, Merilee S. "Good Enough Governance: Poverty Reduction and Reform in Developing Countries." World Bank, 2002.
Khwaja, Asim Ijaz, J. Das, and T. Andrabi. "The Rise of Private Schooling in Pakistan: Catering to the Urban Elite or Educating the Rural Poor?" Working Paper, 2002.
Chen, Martha, and Marilyn Carr. "Globalization and the Informal Economy: How Global Trade and Investment Impact on the Working Poor." Employment Sector, International Labour Office, Geneva, Working Paper No. 1, 2002.
Abadie, Alberto. "Causal Inference." Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, 2002.
Abadie, Alberto, David Drukker, Jane Leber Herr, and Guido W. Imbens. “Implementing Matching Estimators for Average Treatment Effects in STATA.” Working Paper, 2002.
Borjas, George. "The Impact of Welfare Reform on Immigrant Welfare Use." Center for Immigration Studies, Washington, DC, 2002.
Borjas, George. "An Evaluation of the Foreign Student Program." Center for Immigration Studies, Washington, DC, 2002.
Hogan, William W., and John D. Chandley. "Independent Transmission Companies in a Regional Transmission Organization." Working Paper, January 2002.
Chen, Martha, and Joann Vanek. "Women and Men in the Informal Economy: A Statistical Picture." Employment Sector, International Labour Office, Geneva, 2002.
Chen, Martha, Renana Jhabvala, and Frances Lund. “Supporting Workers in the Informal Economy: A Policy Framework.” Employment Sector, International Labour Office, Geneva, Working Paper No. 2, 2002.
Ferguson, Ronald. “Ed-Excel Assessment of Secondary School Student Culture, Tabulations by School District and Race/Ethnicity." Minority Student Achievement Network (MSAN), 2002.
Dynarski, Susan. "The Consequences of Merit Aid." NBER Working Paper #9400, 2002.
Balfour-Paul, Jamie, and Robert Wilkinson. "Poverty in the Midst of Wealth: The Democratic Republic of Congo." Oxfam International, January 2002.
Hogan, William W., and Scott Harvey. "Identifying the Exercise of Market Power in California." Working Paper, December 28, 2001.
Hogan, William W., and Scott M. Harvey. "Market Power and Withholding." Working Paper, December 20, 2001.
Stavins, Robert N., Sheila M. Cavanagh, and W. Michael Hanemann. "Muffled Price Signals: Household Water Demand Under Increasing-Block Prices." Working Paper, December 20, 2001.
Hogan, William W., and Ross W. Baldick. "Capacity Constrained Supply Function Equilibrium Models of Electricity Markets: Stability, Non-Decreasing Constraints, and Function Space Iterations." University of California Energy Institute Power Working Paper PWP-089, December 18, 2001.
King, David C., and Richard Zeckhauser. "Congressional Vote Options." Working Paper, December 18, 2001.
King, David C. "Party Competition and Fidelity to the Median Voter in the U.S. Congress." Working Paper, December 18, 2001.
Borjas, George. "Homeownership in the Immigrant Population." Working Paper, December 2001.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "The Role of Industrial Country Policies in Emerging Market Crises." NBER Working Paper W8634, December 2001.
Pritchett, Lant. "The Inculcation of Beliefs is Not Third Party Contractible." Working Paper, December 2001.