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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

Glaeser, Edward L. Cities, Agglomeration, and Spatial Equilibrium. Oxford University Press, 2008.
Ludwig, Jens, Jeffrey R. Kling, Lawrence F. Katz, Lisa Sanbonmatsu, Jeffrey Liebman, Greg J. Duncan, and Ronald C. Kessler. "What Can We Learn about Neighborhood Effects from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment?" American Journal of Sociology 114.1 (July 2008): 144-188.
Desai, Mihir, Dhammika Dharmapala, and Monica Singhal. "Investable Tax Credits: The Case of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series and NBER Working Papers (RWP08-035 and 14149), June 2008.
Glaeser, Edward L. "The Life of the City." New York Sun, May 14, 2008.
Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University. "America's Rental Housing: The Key to a Balanced National Policy." Report prepared for the MacArthur Foundation, April 2008.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Taking a Hard Line on Rewriting the Bankruptcy Code." Boston Globe, April 4, 2008.
Glaeser, Edward L, and Joshua D. Gottlieb. "The Economics of Place-Making Policies." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 2 (Spring 2008): 155-239.
Glaeser, Edward. "A Level Playing Field for Cities." Boston Globe, February 29, 2008.
Retsinas, Nicolas, and Eric S. Belsky, eds. Revisiting Rental Housing: Policies, Programs and Priorities. Brookings Institution Press, 2008.
Retsinas, Nicolas. "What Was Lost When Home Values Soared." Reuters.com, February 19, 2008.
Apgar, William, and Shekar Narashimhan. "Capital for Small Rental Properties: Preserving a Vital Housing Resource." Revisiting Rental Housing: Policies, Programs, and Priorities. Ed. Nicolas Retsinas and Eric Belsky. Brookings Institution Press, February 2008, 277-300.
Retsinas, Nicolas. "A House Divided: Investment or Shelter?" Harvard Business School: Working Knowledge, January 23, 2008.
Glaeser, Edward L. "What About the Cities?" Boston Globe, January 4, 2008.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Just Part of the Cycle." New York Sun, December 10, 2007.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Building a Better Springfield." Boston Globe, December 7, 2007.
Retsinas, Nicolas. "The Crumbling of the Sub-Prime Empire." Providence Journal, October 30, 2007.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Can Buffalo Ever Come Back?" New York Sun, October 19, 2007.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Vilifying Lenders." New York Sun, September 18, 2007.
Retsinas, Nicolas. "Building Sandcastles: The Subprime Adventure." HBS Working Knowledge (September 12, 2007).
Glaeser, Edward L. "Sensible Solutions to the Lending Mess." Boston Globe, September 7, 2007.
Glaeser, Edward L. "How to Recover." New York Sun, September 4, 2007.
Retsinas, Nicolas. "Habitat for Humanity's Book of Katrina." Providence Journal, August 26, 2007.
Retsinas, Nicolas. "The New Homeowners." Boston Globe, July 8, 2007.
Cohen, Arianne, Edward Glaeser, and Michael Idov. "The Profit Calculator." New York 40.21 (June 11, 2007): 38-49.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Housing Changes Key to City's Future." Boston Globe, June 10, 2007.
Glaeser, Edward L. "A Road Map for Environmentalism." Boston Globe, May 21, 2007.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Embracing Biotechnology." Boston Globe, May 7, 2007.
Glaeser, Edward L. "In the City, Inequality Rules." New York Sun, March 2, 2007.
Gómez-Ibáñez, José A., and Fernanda Ruiz Nuñez. "Inefficient Cities." Working Paper, March 2007.
Retsinas, Nicolas. "Mega-Cities, Mega-Problems." Los Angeles Times, February 28, 2007.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Truth in Affordable Housing." Boston Globe, February 12, 2007.
Glaeser, Edward L. "The Greenness of Cities." New York Sun, January 30, 2007.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Teddy Kollek, City Builder." New York Sun, January 4, 2007.
Cisneros, Henry G., Jack F. Kemp, Nicolas Retsinas, and Kent W. Colton. "Our Communities, Our Homes: Pathways to Housing and Homeownership in America's Cities and States." Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, 2007.
Glaeser, Edward L. "A Breathtaking Vision For the Future of the City." New York Sun, December 13, 2006.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Free Roads Are Anything But Free." Boston Globe, December 11, 2006.
Retsinas, Nicolas. "Housing on the Wish List." Boston Globe, December 6, 2006.
Gómez-Ibáñez, José A., and Gines de Rus, eds. Competition in the Railway Industry: An International Comparative Analysis. Edward Elgar, 2006.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Bonfire of the Landmarks." New York Sun, November 29, 2006.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Endless Apartments." New York Sun, October 24, 2006.
Retsinas, Nicolas. "Housing Downturn Will Ease." Cincinnati Post, September 28, 2006.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Improving Brooklyn?" New York Sun, September 8, 2006.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Endless Land Debacle." New York Sun, August 16, 2006.
Glaeser, Edward L., and Joshua D. Gottlieb. "Urban Resurgence and the Consumer City." Urban Studies 43.8 (July 2006): 1275-1299.
Glaeser, Edward L. "Does New York Suffer from a Soviet Traffic System?" New York Sun, May 25, 2006.
Retsinas, Nicolas. "The Endangered Land of Renter-World." Boston Globe, May 5, 2006.
Glaeser, Edward L. "A Smaller New Orleans." Boston Globe, February 1, 2006.
Glaeser, Edward L., Jenny Schuetz, and Bryce Ward. "Regulation and the Rise of Housing Prices in Greater Boston." Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston and Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, January 2006.
Wilson, William Julius. "Foreword." The Segregated Scholars: Black Social Scientists and the Creation of Black Labor Studies, 1890-1950. Ed. Francille Rusan Wilson. University of Virginia Press, 2006.
Howell, William G., and Paul E. Peterson, with Patrick J. Wolf and David E. Campbell. The Education Gap: Vouchers And Urban Schools, Revised Edition. Brookings Institution, 2006.