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The Harvard Center for International Development is home to faculty affiliates from each school at Harvard University, working across sectors in developing nations around the world.

Faculty research is published in a wide range of academic and policy venues and can be found through the feed and filters below. Select faculty research papers are highlighted in our Faculty Research Insights series on our blog, CID Voices.

CID working papers published by Harvard faculty, graduate students, and research fellows prior to 2024 can be found here. 

CID Faculty Research Insights

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Technological Disruption in the US Labor Market
Lawrence H. Summers, David Deming
This paper explores past episodes of technological disruption in the US labor market, with the goal of learning lessons about the likely future impact of artificial intelligence (…
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The ABC’s of Who Benefits from Working with AI: Ability, Beliefs, and Calibration
David Deming
We use a controlled experiment to show that ability and belief calibration jointly determine the benefits of working with Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI improves performance…
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Skills and Human Capital in the Labor Market
David Deming
This paper synthesizes the economics literature on skills and human capital, with a particular focus on higher-order capacities like social and decision-making skills. We review…
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The Rapid Adoption of Generative AI
David Deming
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a potentially important new technology, but its impact on the economy depends on the speed and intensity of adoption. This paper reports…
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Lawrence F. Katz (1959–)
David Deming
This chapter reviews the intellectual contributions of Lawrence F. Katz, whose work has catalysed two intellectual revolutions in economics. One applies the lens of general…
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Allocative Skill
David Deming
ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Working Paper No. RWP23-028
Jobs increasingly require good decision-making. Workers are valued not only for how much they can do, but also for their ability to decide what to do. In this paper we develop a…
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Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges
David Deming
ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Working Paper No. RWP23-021
Leadership positions in the U.S. are disproportionately held by graduates of a few highly selective private colleges. Could such colleges — which currently have many more students…
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Why Do Wages Grow Faster for Educated Workers?
David Deming
ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Working Paper No. RWP23-017
The U.S. college wage premium doubles over the life cycle, from 27 percent at age 25 to 60 percent at age 55. Using a panel survey of workers followed through age 60, I show that…
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Delivering on the Degree: The College-to-Jobs Playbook
David Deming
In this playbook, we provide a framework to help college better deliver on the American Dream. We create a coherent, comprehensive taxonomy of the landscape of college-to-jobs…
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Multidimensional Human Capital and the Wage Structure
David Deming
ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Working Paper No. RWP23-011
This paper reviews and synthesizes the literature on the macroeconomic implications of human capital theory. I begin with a review of the canonical model of education and the wage…