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Feature: How U.S. Courts Privilege Conservative Policy Outcomes

Maya Sen assesses the institutional and compositional features of U.S. federal courts that tend to bias them toward conservative policy outcomes.

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Feature: The U.S. Place-Based Policy Supply Chain

Dani Rodrik and Gordon Hanson document how vertical policy supply chains distribute resources from federal and state governments to recipients at the local level.

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Feature: How Does Shaming Human Rights Violators Abroad Shape Attitudes at Home?

Lotem Bassan-Nygate theorizes that by shaming human rights violators abroad, governments can improve their image at home but may encourage tolerance toward certain domestic violations.

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Feature: Thinking (about Peace Science) in Time

Erica Chenoweth speaks to colleagues in the peace science community, reflecting on the world events that have shaped their scholarship and how researchers might think about the current geopolitical moment.

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

The ABC’s of Who Benefits from Working with AI: Ability, Beliefs, and Calibration

Caplin, Andrew, David J. Deming, Shangwen Li, Daniel J. Martin, Philip Marx, Ben Weidmann, and Kadachi Jiada Ye. "The ABC’s of Who Benefits from Working with AI: Ability, Beliefs, and Calibration." NBER Working Paper Series, October 2024.

Using Satellite Imagery to Detect the Impacts of New Highways: An Application to India

Baragwanath Vogel, Kathryn, Gordon H. Hanson, Amit Khandelwal, Chen Liu, and Hogeun Park. "Using Satellite Imagery to Detect the Impacts of New Highways: An Application to India." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP24-003, January 2024.

Using Satellite Imagery to Detect the Impacts of New Highways: An Application to India

Vogel, Kathryn Baragwanath, Gordon H. Hanson, Amit Khandelwal, Chen Liu, Hogeun Park. "Using Satellite Imagery to Detect the Impacts of New Highways: An Application to India." NBER Working Paper Series, January 2024.

Washington’s New Trade Consensus And What It Gets Wrong

Hanson, Gordon. "Washington’s New Trade Consensus And What It Gets Wrong." Review of No Trade Is Free: Changing Course, Taking on China, and Helping America’s Workers, by Robert Lighthizer. Foreign Affairs, 103.1, January/February 2024.

Housing in Wyoming: Constraints and Solutions

Bùi, Thao-Nguyên, Tim Freeman, Ricardo Hausmann, Farah Kaddah, Lucas Lamby, Tim O’Brien, and Eric Protzer. "Housing in Wyoming: Constraints and Solutions." CID Faculty Working Paper Series, April 2023.

Multidimensional Human Capital and the Wage Structure

Deming, David. "Multidimensional Human Capital and the Wage Structure." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP23-011, March 2023.

What works in workforce development and how can it work better?

Orrell, Brent, Greg Wright, Harry Holzer, Rachel Lipson, and David Deming. "What works in workforce development and how can it work better?" Brookings, March 8, 2023.

Trading Places: Mobility Responses of Native and Foreign-Born Adults to the China Trade Shock

Autor, David, David Dorn, and Gordon H. Hanson. "Trading Places: Mobility Responses of Native and Foreign-Born Adults to the China Trade Shock." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP23-007, January 2023.

America Needs More Immigration to Defeat Inflation

Hanson, Gordon H., and Matthew J. Slaughter. "America Needs More Immigration to Defeat Inflation." Foreign Affairs (December 19, 2022).

Using Neural Networks to Predict Microspatial Economic Growth

Khachiyan, Arman, Anthony Thomas, Huye Zhou, Gordon Hanson, Alex Cloninger, Tajana Rosing, and Amit K. Khandelwal. "Using Neural Networks to Predict Microspatial Economic Growth." American Economic Review: Insights 4.4 (December 2022): 491-506.

US Immigration from Latin America in Historical Perspective

Hanson, Gordon H., Pia Orrenius, and Madeline Zavodny. "US Immigration from Latin America in Historical Perspective." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP22-023, November 2022.

Four Facts about Human Capital

Deming, David. "Four Facts about Human Capital." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP22-007, June 2022.

The G20’s Role in Fostering Trade and Investment

Hanson, Gordon. "The G20’s Role in Fostering Trade and Investment." New Normal, New Technology, New Financing. Ed. Ing, Lili Yan, and Dani Rodrik. ERIA and IEA, 2022, 64-75.

Four Facts about Human Capital

Deming, David. "Four Facts about Human Capital." Journal of Economic Perspectives 36.3 (Summer 2022): 75-102.

Education and Innovation

Biasi, Barbara, David Deming, and Petra Moser. "Education and Innovation." The Role of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Economic Growth. Ed. Michael J. Andrews, Aaron Chatterji, Josh Lerner, and Scott Stern. University of Chicago Press, 2022, 537-558.