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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

Science and Technology for Sustainable Development.

Clark, William C. "Science and Technology for Sustainable Development." ICSU Series on Science for Sustainable Development No. 9, 2002.

Research Systems for a Transition Toward Sustainability.

Clark, William C. "Research Systems for a Transition Toward Sustainability." Challenges of a Changing Earth: Proceedings of the Global Change Open Science Conference, Amsterdam. Ed. Will Steffen, Jill Jäger, David J. Carson, and Clare Bradshaw. Springer-Verlag, 2002.

Cultural Institutions.

Hall, Peter Dobkin. "Cultural Institutions." Encyclopedia of New England Culture. Ed. William Watters and Bruce Stave. Yale University Press, 2002.

Is Property Tax Exemption Intrinsic or Contingent? The Tax Treatment of Voluntary Associations, Nonprofit Organizations, and Religious Bodies in New Haven, Connecticut, 1750-2000.

Hall, Peter Dobkin. "Is Property Tax Exemption Intrinsic or Contingent? The Tax Treatment of Voluntary Associations, Nonprofit Organizations, and Religious Bodies in New Haven, Connecticut, 1750-2000." Property Tax Exemptions and Nonprofit Organizations: Mapping the Battlefield. Ed. Evelyn Brody. Urban Institute, 2002.

The Welfare State and the Careers of Public and Private Institutions Since 1945.

Hall, Peter Dobkin. "The Welfare State and the Careers of Public and Private Institutions Since 1945." Charity, Philanthropy, and Civility in American History. Ed. Lawrence Friedman and Mark McGarvie. Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Review of Private Charity and Public Inquiry: A History of the Filer and Peterson Commissions

Hall, Peter. Review of Private Charity and Public Inquiry: A History of the Filer and Peterson Commissions, by Eleanor Brilliant. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 31.4 December 2002.

East Rock: Facts, Artifacts, and Memories.

Hall, Peter Dobkin. "East Rock: Facts, Artifacts, and Memories." Journal of the New Haven Colony Historical Society 48.2 (2002).

“Science and the Statistical Victim: Modernizing Knowledge in Breast Implant Litigation.”

Jasanoff, Sheila. “Science and the Statistical Victim: Modernizing Knowledge in Breast Implant Litigation.” Social Studies of Science 32.1 (2002): 37-70.

“The Life Sciences and the Rule of Law.”

Jasanoff, Sheila. “The Life Sciences and the Rule of Law.” Journal of Molecular Biology 319.4 (2002): 891-899.

“Citizens at Risk: Cultures of Modernity in Europe and the U.S.”

Jasanoff, Sheila. “Citizens at Risk: Cultures of Modernity in Europe and the U.S.” Science as Culture 11.3 (2002): 363-380.

“New Modernities: Reimagining Science, Technology, and Development.”

Jasanoff, Sheila. “New Modernities: Reimagining Science, Technology, and Development.” Environmental Values 11.3 (2002): 253-276.

Lyman Beecher.

Hall, Peter Dobkin. "Lyman Beecher." Notable American Philanthropists: Biographies of Giving and Volunteering. Ed. Robert T. Grimm, Jr. Greenwood, 2002.

John Lowell, Jr.

Hall, Peter Dobkin. "John Lowell, Jr." Notable American Philanthropists: Biographies of Giving and Volunteering. Ed. Robert T. Grimm, Jr. Greenwood, 2002.

James Smithson.

Hall, Peter Dobkin. "James Smithson." Notable American Philanthropists: Biographies of Giving and Volunteering. Ed. Robert T. Grimm, Jr. Greenwood, 2002.

Social Learning.

Clark, William C. "Social Learning." Encyclopedia of Global Change. .Oxford University Press, 2002.

Community Building: The New (and Old) Politics of Urban Problem-Solving.

Briggs, Xavier de Souza. "Community Building: The New (and Old) Politics of Urban Problem-Solving." KSG Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP02-003, January 2002.

Support Organizations and the Evolution of the NGO Sector.

Brown, L. David and Archana Kalegaonkar. "Support Organizations and the Evolution of the NGO Sector." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 31.2 (2002): 231-258.

Should Gold-Exporters Peg Their Currencies to Gold?

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Should Gold-Exporters Peg Their Currencies to Gold?” World Gold Council Research Study No. 29, 2002.

Global Transmission of Interest Rates: Monetary Independence and the Currency Regime.

Frankel, Jeffrey A., Sergio Schmukler, and Luis Servén. “Global Transmission of Interest Rates: Monetary Independence and the Currency Regime.” NBER Working Paper W8828, 2002.

“American Economic Policy in the 1990s: Introduction.”

Frankel, Jeffrey A., and Peter Orszag. “American Economic Policy in the 1990s: Introduction.” American Economic Policy in the 1990s. Ed. Jeffrey Frankel and Peter Orszag. MIT Press, 2002.

The Risks and Rewards of Nonprofit Revenue Concentration.

Frumkin, Peter and Elizabeth Keating. “The Risks and Rewards of Nonprofit Revenue Concentration.” Working Paper, 2002.

Service Contracting with Nonprofit and For-Profit Providers: On Preserving a Mixed Organizational Ecology.

Frumkin, Peter. "Service Contracting with Nonprofit and For-Profit Providers: On Preserving a Mixed Organizational Ecology." Market-Based Governance: Supply Side, Demand Side, Upside and Downside. Ed. John D. Donahue and Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Brookings Institution, 2002.

Making Public Sector Mergers Work.

Frumkin, Peter. “Making Public Sector Mergers Work.” Price Waterhouse Cooper's Endowment for the Business of Government, 2002.

The Strategic Management of Charter Schools.

Frumkin, Peter. “The Strategic Management of Charter Schools.” Working Paper, 2002.

“How Participatory Theater Can Improve Deliberative Politics.”

Fung, Archon. “How Participatory Theater Can Improve Deliberative Politics.” Theater 31.3 (Winter 2002).

Collaboration and Countervailing Power: Making Participatory Governance Work.

Fung, Archon. “Collaboration and Countervailing Power: Making Participatory Governance Work.” Working Paper, 2002.

“Creating Deliberative Publics: Governance After Devolution and Democratic Centralism.”

Fung, Archon. “Creating Deliberative Publics: Governance After Devolution and Democratic Centralism.” The Good Society: A PEGS Journal 11.2 (2002): 66-71.

Review of The Environment: Between Theory and Practice

Fung, Archon. Review of The Environment: Between Theory and Practice, by Avner De-Shalit. Environment, 44.5 June 2002: 37.

What Is Organizing?

Ganz, Marshall. "What Is Organizing?" Social Policy 33.1 (Fall 2002).

Making Democracy Work?

Ganz, Marshall. "Making Democracy Work?" Review of Dry Bones Rattling: Community Building to Revitalize American Democracy, by Mark R. Warren. Contexts, 1.3 Fall 2002: 62-63.

Information, Institutions, and Governance: Advancing a Basic Social Science Research Program for Digital Government.

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.

Government Performance and the Conundrum of Public Trust.

Behn, Robert. "Government Performance and the Conundrum of Public Trust." Market Based Governance: Supply Side, Demand Side, Upside, and Downside. Ed. John D. Donahue and Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Brookings Institution, 2002.

Safety First: Partnership, the Powerful Neutral Convener, and Problem Solving

Hartmann, Francis X. "Safety First: Partnership, the Powerful Neutral Convener, and Problem Solving." Securing Our Children's Future: New Approaches to Juvenile Justice and Youth Violence. Ed. Gary S. Katzmann. Brookings Institution Press, May 2002.

“Mexico Transitions: Struggling Toward Democracy.”

Grindle, Merilee S. “Mexico Transitions: Struggling Toward Democracy.” ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America II.1 (Fall 2002): 44-46.

“CdzԳٲ.”

Grindle, Merilee S. “CdzԳٲ.” Latinos: Remaking America. Ed. Marcelo M. Suárez-Lrozco and Mariela M. Páez. University of California Press, 2002, 146-150.

“Despite the Odds: The Political Economy of Social Sector Reform in Latin America.”

Grindle, Merilee S. “Despite the Odds: The Political Economy of Social Sector Reform in Latin America.” Exclusion and Engagement: Social Policy in Latin America. Ed. Christopher Abel and Colin M. Lewis. University of London, 2002, 83-110.

“Mexican Politics in Transition.”

Grindle, Merilee S. “Mexican Politics in Transition.” Third World Politics at the Crossroads. Ed. William A. Joseph, Mark Kesselman, and Joel Krieger. Heath, 2002, 143-199.

Good Enough Governance: Poverty Reduction and Reform in Developing Countries.

Grindle, Merilee S. "Good Enough Governance: Poverty Reduction and Reform in Developing Countries." World Bank, 2002.

Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading

Heifetz, Ronald A., and Marty Linsky. Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading. Harvard Business School Press, 2002.

“Energy Modeling for Policy Studies.”

Hogan, William W. “Energy Modeling for Policy Studies.” Operations Research 50.1 (January–February 2002).

Electricity Market Restructuring: Reforms of Reforms.

Hogan, William W. "Electricity Market Restructuring: Reforms of Reforms." Journal of Regulatory Economics 21.1 (January 2002): 103-132.

“Intervention and State Failure.”

Ignatieff, Michael. “Intervention and State Failure.” Dissent (Winter 2002).

“Does Inequality Matter?”

Jencks, Christopher. “Does Inequality Matter?” Daedalus (Winter 2002): 49-65.

“Household Participation in Formal and Informal Savings Mechanisms: Evidence from Pakistan.”

Jensen, Robert T. “Household Participation in Formal and Informal Savings Mechanisms: Evidence from Pakistan.” Review of Development Economics 6.3 (2002): 314-328.

“Política social en América Latina: Qué se debe hacer?

Grindle, Merilee S. “Política social en América Latina: Qué se debe hacer?" Hacia un nuevo estado en América Latina. Ed. Edgardo Buscalia, Merilee S. Grindle, Elaine Kamarck, et al. CIPPEC and Grupo Columbus, 2002, 265-299.

Introduction.

Ignatieff, Michael. "Introduction." Moments of Reprieve by Primo Levi. .Penguin, 2002.

“Political Campaigning on the Internet: Business as Usual?”

Kamarck, Elaine. “Political Campaigning on the Internet: Business as Usual?” Governance.com: Democracy in the Information Age. Ed. Elaine Kamarck, and Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Brookings Institution, 2002.

“Latin American Governmental Reform in a Global Context.”

Kamarck, Elaine. “Latin American Governmental Reform in a Global Context.” Hacia Un Nuevo Estado en America Latina. Ed. Elaine Kamarck, Merilee Grindle, Edgardo Buscalia, et al. CIPPEC, 2002.

“The End of Government as We Know It.”

Kamarck, Elaine. “The End of Government as We Know It.” Market Based Governance: Supply Side, Demand Side, Upside and Downside. Ed. John D. Donahue and Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Brookings Institution, 2002.

Information and Communication Technologies, Markets, and Economic Development.

Jensen, Robert T., Karen Eggleston, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Information and Communication Technologies, Markets, and Economic Development." The Global Information Technology Report 2001-2002 Readiness for the Networked World. Ed. Geoffrey Kirkman, Peter K. Cornelius, Jeffrey D. Sachs, and Klaus Schwab. Oxford University Press, 2002, 62-74.