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
Jensen, Anders. "Employment Structure and the Rise of the Modern Tax System." American Economic Review 112.1 (January 2022): 213-234.
Basri, M. Chatib, Mayara Felix, Rema Hanna, and Benjamin A. Olken. "Tax Administration versus Tax Rates: Evidence from Corporate Taxation in Indonesia." American Economic Review 111.12 (December 2021): 3827-3871.
Rodrik, Dani, and Stefanie Stantcheva. "Fixing capitalism’s good jobs problem." Oxford Review of Economic Policy 37.4 (Winter 2021): 824-837.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "How to set greenhouse gas emission targets for all countries." Combating Climate Change: A CEPR Collection. Ed. Beatrice Weder di Mauro. CEPR Press, October 2021, 43-48.
Bachas, Pierre, Lucie Gadenne, and Anders Jensen. "Informality, Consumption Taxes and Redistribution." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP21-026, October 2021.
Greenspon, Jacob, and Dani Rodrik. "A Note on the Global Distribution of Authorship in Economics Journals." NBER Working Paper Series, October 2021.
Banerjee, Abhijit, Amy Finkelstein, Rema Hanna, Benjamin A. Olken, Arianna Ornaghi, and Sudarno Sumarto. "The Challenges of Universal Health Insurance in Developing Countries: Experimental Evidence from Indonesia’s National Health Insurance." American Economic Review 11.9 (September 2021): 3035-3063.
Bai, Jie, Maggie Chen, Jin Liu, and Daniel Yi Xu. "Search and Information Frictions on Global E-Commerce Platforms: Evidence from AliExpress." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP20-037, November 2020; Updated September 2021.
Hausmann, Ricardo, Miguel Santos, Corrado Macchiarelli, and Renato Giacon. "What economic complexity theory can tell us about the EU’s pandemic recovery and resilience plans." LSE Blog. August 30, 2021.
Frankel, Jeffrey. "Systematic Managed Floating." The Asian Monetary Policy Forum. Ed. Steven J. Davis, Edward S. Robinson, Bernard Yeung. World Scientific Publishing, 2021.
Das, Jishnu, Adnan Q. Khan, Asim Khwaja, and Anum Malkani. "How governments can prepare for crises: the lessons from COVID." LSE COVID-19 Blog. July 14, 2021.
Hanna, Rema, Bridget Hoffmann, Paulina Oliva, and Jake Schneider. "The Power of Perception: Limitations of Information in Reducing Air Pollution Exposure." IDB Working Paper Series, July 2021.
Hausmann, Ricardo, Carlo Pietrobelli, and Miguel Angel Santos. "Place-specific determinants of income gaps: New sub-national evidence from Mexico." Journal of Business Research 131 (July 2021): 782-792.
Arkedis, Jean, Jessica Creighton, Akshay Dixit, Archon Fung, Stephen Kosack, Dan Levy, and Courtney Tolmie. "Can Transparency and Accountability Programs Improve Health? Experimental Evidence from Indonesia and Tanzania." World Development 142 (June 2021).
Woolcock, Michael, David Lewis, and Dennis Rodgers. "The Sounds of Development: Musical Representations as (An)other Source of Development Knowledge." Journal of Development Studies 57.8 (June 2021): 1397-1412.
Das, Jishnu, Adnan Q. Khan, Asim I. Khwaja, and Anum Malkani. "Preparing for Crises: Lessons from Covid-19." LSE Public Policy Review 1.4 (May 2021): 8.
Bai, Jie, Shanjun Li, Danxia Xie, and Hui Zhou. “Environmental Protection or Environmental Protectionism? Evidence from Tail Pipe Emission Standards in China.” AEA Papers and Proceedings 111 (May 2021): 381–85. https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20211033.
Nedelkoska, Ljubica, Andre Assumpcao, Ana Grisanti, Matte Hartog, Julian Hinz, Jessie Lu, Daniela Muhaj, Eric Protzer, Annalee Saxenian, and Ricardo Hausmann. "The Role of the Diaspora in the Internationalization of the Colombian Economy." CID Faculty Working Paper Series, May 2021.
Banerjee, Abhijit, Rema Hanna, Benjamin A. Olken, Elan Satriawan, and Sudarno Sumarto. "Food vs. Food Stamps: Evidence from an At-Scale Experiment in Indonesia." NBER Working Paper Series, April 2021.
Hausmann, Ricardo, Eric Protzer, Jorge Tapia, and Ana Grisanti. "Economic Complexity Report for Western Australia." CID Working Paper Series, April 2021.
Hausmann, Ricardo, Douglas Barrios, Ana Grisanti, Semiray Kasoolu, Tim O'Brien, Eric Protzer, Rushabh Sanghvi, Nikita Taniparti, and Jorge Tapia. "Growth Perspective on Western Australia." CID Working Paper Series, April 2021.
Hausmann, Ricardo, Ana Grisanti, Douglas Barrios, Eric S. M. Protzer, Jorge Tapia, Nikita Taniparti, Rushabh Sanghvi, Semiray Kasoolu, and Tim O'Brien. "Western Australia – Research Findings and Policy Recommendations." CID Faculty Working Papers Series, April 2021.
Woolcock, Michael. "The Social Life of Articles: Some Reflections on the Making and Impact of ‘Social Capital and Economic Development’." Theory and Society 50.3 (April 2021): 381-392.
Rodrik, Dani. "How Economists and Non-Economists Can Get Along." Project Syndicate. March 2021.
O’Clery, Neave, Muhammed Ali Yildirim, and Ricardo Hausmann. "Productive Ecosystems and the arrow of development." Nature Communications 12.1 (March 2021): 1479.
Bai, Jie. "Melons as Lemons: Asymmetric Information, Consumer Learning and Seller Reputation." CID Faculty Working Paper Series, March 2021.
Hausmann, Ricardo, Miguel Ángel Santos, Jorge Tudela Pye, Yang Li, and Ana Grisanti. "Loreto’s Hidden Wealth: Economic Complexity Analysis and Productive Diversification Opportunities." CID Faculty Working Papers Series, March 2021.
Hausmann, Ricardo, and Patricio Goldstein. "Economics of Covid-19 in three sub-Saharan African countries: Ethiopia, Namibia and South Africa." Shaping Africa's Post-Covid Recovery. Ed. Rabah Arezki, Simeon Djankov, and Ugo Panizza. CEPR Press, 2021, 195-213.
Eck, Kristine, and Dara Kay Cohen. "Time For a Change: The Ethics of Student-led Human Subjects Research on Political Violence." Third World Quarterly (January 2021).
Oliver Harman, Anders Jensen, Farria Naeem, Moussa Saab, Shahrukh Wani, and Nick Wilkinson. "Covid-19 and taxes: policies for the post-pandemic recovery." International Growth Centre Policy Briefs, January 2021.
Ganguli, Ina, Ricardo Hausmann, and Martina Viarengo. "Gender Differences in Professional Career Dynamics: New Evidence from a Global Law Firm." Economica 88.349 (January 2021): 105-128.
Woolcock, Michael, and Gary Milante. "Fiscal Policy in Fragile Situations: Flying in Fog with Limited Instrumentation." Macroeconomic Policy in Fragile States. Ed. Ralph Chami, Rafael Espinoza, and Peter Montiel. Oxford University Press, 2021, 271-296.
Lawrence, Robert Z. "Memo to the European Commission on the future of European trade policy." Peterson Institute for International Economics, December 2020.
Hausmann, Ricardo, Douglas Barrios, Daniela Muhaj, Sehar Noor, Carolina Pan, Miguel Angel Santos, Jorge Tapia, and Bruno Zuccolo. "Emerging Cities as Independent Engines of Growth: The Case of Buenos Aires." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP20-036, November 2020.
Cahyadi, Nur, Rema Hanna, Benjamin A. Olken, Rizal Adi Prima, Elan Satriawan, and Ekki Syamsulhakim. "Cumulative Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Experimental Evidence From Indonesia." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 12.4 (November 2020).
Nordaas, Ragnhild, Dara Kay Cohen, and Robert Nagel. "Twenty Years After UNSCR 1325: Any Progress Ending Wartime Sexual Violence?" Political Violence at a Glance, October 30, 2020.
Lee, Henry, and Abigail Mayer. "The Future of Carbon Offset Markets." Environment and Natural Resources Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, October 22, 2020.
Coscia, Michele, Frank Neffke, and Ricardo Hausmann. "Knowledge Diffusion in the Network of International Business Travel." Nature Human Behavior (October 2020).
Woolcock, Michael and Samuel Freije-Rodriquez. "Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report 2020: Reversals of Fortune." World Bank, October 2020.
Andrabi, Tahir, Jishnu Das, Asim I. Khwaja, Selcuk Ozyurt, and Niharika Singh. "Upping the Ante: The Equilibrium Effects of Unconditional Grants to Private Schools." American Economic Review 110.10 (October 2020): 3315-3349.
Rosengard, Jay K. "Success Factors in Tax Digitalization." United Nations Better Than Cash Alliance, October 2020.
Coscia, Michele, Frank M. H. Neffke, and Ricardo Hausmann. "Knowledge Diffusion in the Network of International Business Travel." Center for International Development, August 2020.
Majid, Farhan, Saad B. Omer, and Asim Ijaz Khwaja. "Optimising SARS-CoV-2 Pooled Testing for Low-Resource Settings." The Lancet Microbe 1.3 (July 2020): E101-E102.
Bai, Jie. "Returns to Work, Child Labor and Schooling: the Income vs. Price Effects." Journal of Development Economics 145 (June 2020).
Chen, Cuicui, and Henry Lee. "The Value of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration." Environment and Natural Resources Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, March 4, 2020.
Hausmann, Ricardo, Ljubica Nedelkoska, and Sehar Noor. "You Get What You Pay For: Sources and Consequences of the Public Sector Premium in Albania and Sri Lanka." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP20-004, February 2020.
Banerjee, Abhijit, Rema Hanna, Benjamin A. Olken, and Sudarno Sumarto. "The (Lack Of) Distortionary Effects of Proxy-Means Tests: Results From a Nationwide Experiment in Indonesia." Journal of Public Economics Plus 1 (January 2020).
Acemoglu, Daron, Ali Cheema, Asim I. Khwaja, and James A. Robinson. "Trust in State and Non-State Actors: Evidence from Dispute Resolution in Pakistan." Journal of Political Economy 128.8 (2020): 3090-3147.
La Ferrara, Eliana. "Presidential Address: Aspirations, Social Norms, and Development." Journal of the European Economic Association 17.6 (December 2019): 1687-1722.
Bachas, Pierre, Roberto N. Fattal Jaef, and Anders Jensen. "Size-Dependent Tax Enforcement and Compliance: Global Evidence and Aggregate Implications." Journal of Development Economics 140 (September 2019): 203-222.