Community-based targeting, in which communities allocate social assistance using local information about who is poor, in experimental…
The U.S. has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world, with over seven million individuals admitted to jails each year. These…
Eligibility criteria for interventions can induce an Ashenfelter Dip, and subsequent mean-reversion may result in improvement over time…
The Women and Public Policy Program works toward gender-equity solutions by convening leaders within and beyond Harvard Kennedy School;…
This study revisits a critical juncture in the development of national health insurance (NHI) in the United States in the post-World War II…
A perfect storm of contemporary events has triggered deep angst about American democracy. Long-standing concern was exacerbated during the…
Disparities between Black and White Americans in health care coverage and health outcomes are pervasive in the United States. In this paper…
From 7 October 2023 to 7 June 2024, the Crowd Counting Consortium recorded nearly 12,400 pro-Palestine protests and over 2,000 pro-Israel…
Many government social insurance policies have low take-up. To understand whether this is due to administrative barriers, information, or…
The next U.S. president will inherit multiple epidemics with inequitably distributed effects. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are likely to…