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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

Alsan, Marcella, and Ruqaiijah Yearby. "Health Equity in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election." NEJM (October 2, 2024).
Kambath, Amisha, Noor Toraif, and Sandra Susan Smith. "This Is What Thriving Communities Look Like: Insights from Residents of Four Boston Neighborhoods." Roundtable on Racial Disparities in Massachusetts Criminal Courts, Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management, August 2024.
Currier, Lindsey, Edward L. Glaeser, and Gabriel E. Kreindler. "Infrastructure Inequality: Who Pays the Cost of Road Roughness?" NBER Working Paper Series, December 2023.
Saich, Anthony, and Kunling Zhang. Institutional Change and Adaptive Efficiency: A Study of China's Hukou System Evolution. World Scientific, 2023.
Ang, Desmond, Panka Bencsik, Jesse Bruhn, and Ellora Derenoncourt. "Community Engagement with Law Enforcement after High-Profile Acts of Police Violence." October 2023.
Ang, Desmond. "The Birth of a Nation: Media and Racial Hate." American Economic Review 113.6 (June 2023): 1424-1460.
Cullen, Zoe, Will Dobbie, and Mitchell Hoffman. "Increasing the Demand for Workers with a Criminal Record." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 38.1 (February 2023): 103-150.
Chrisinger, David, And Lauren Brodsky. Because Data Can't Speak for Itself: A Practical Guide to Telling Persuasive Policy Stories. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023.
Baicker, Katherine, Amitabh Chandra, and Mark Shepard. "Achieving Universal Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: Addressing Market Failures or Providing a Social Floor?" ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP23-003, January 2023.
Smith, Sandra Susan. "How Pretrial Incarceration Diminishes Individuals' Employment Prospects." Federal Probation 86.3 (December 2022): 11-18.
Muhammad, Khalil Gibran, Bruce Western, Yamrot Negussie, and Emily Backes, eds. Reducing Racial Inequality in Crime and Justice: Science, Practice, and Policy. National Academies Press, 2022.
Goldsmith, Stephen. "How Something as Simple as a Speeding Ticket can Worsen Inequities." Boston Globe, October 19, 2022.
Smith, Sandra Susan, and Cierra Robson. "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Social Costs of Pretrial Electronic Monitoring in San Francisco." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP22-014, September 2022.
Routel, Colette, Joseph Kalt, et al. "Brief for Indian Law and Policy Professors as Amici Curiae Supporting Petitioner in United States v. Cooley." University of Colorado Law Legal Studies Research Paper, July 2022.
Smith, Sandra Susan. "Pretrial Detention, Pretrial Release & Public Safety." Arnold Ventures Public Safety Series, July 2022.
Wilkinson, Robert, and Kimberlyn Leary. "Leading with Intentionality: The 4P Framework for Strategic Leadership." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP20-029, April 2022.
Bosio, Erica, Simeon Djankov, Edward Glaeser, and Andrei Shleifer. "Public Procurement in Law and Practice." American Economic Review 112.4 (April 2022): 1091-1117.
Herring, Christopher and Sandra Susan Smith. "The Limits of Ban-the-Box Legislation." Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Policy Brief, March 2022.
Dobbie, Will, and Crystal S. Yang. "The US Pretrial System: Balancing Individual Rights and Public Interests." Journal of Economic Perspectives 35.4 (Fall 2021): 49-70.
Smith, Sandra Susan, and Cathy Hu. "Exploring the Causal Mechanisms Linking Pretrial Detention and Future Penal System Involvement." Handbook on Pretrial Justice. Ed. Christine S. Scott-Hayward, Jennifer E. Copp, and Stephen Demuth. Routledge, 2022, 88-109.
Ang, Desmond, Panka Bencsik, Jesse Bruhn, and Ellora Derenoncourt. "Police Violence Reduces Civilian Cooperation and Engagement with Law Enforcement." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP21-022, September 2021.
Carlana, Michela, Paolo Pinotti, and Eliana La Ferrara. "Stereotypes about immigrant students and discrimination in grading." LISER Policy Briefs, May 2021.
Djankov, Simeon, Edward L. Glaeser, Valeria Perotti, and Andrei Shleifer. "Property Rights and Urban Form." NBER Working Paper Series, May 2021.
Masoud, Tarek, A.Kadir Yildirim, and Peter Mandaville. "Will the Pandemic Spark a Religious Revival in the Muslim World?" Washington Post. April 2, 2021.
Behrer, A. Patrick, Edward L. Glaeser, Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto, and Andrei Shleifer. "Securing Property Rights." Journal of Political Economy 129.4 (April 2021): 1157-1192.
Shattuck, John and Mathias Risse. "Reimagining Rights & Responsibilities in the United States: Freedom of Speech and Media." Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, March 2021.
Ganz, Marshall. "The Role of Leadership in Cultivating Collective Democratic Voice." The American Prospect. February 26, 2021.
Shattuck, John, and Mathias Risse. "Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Hate Crimes." Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, February 22, 2021.
Shattuck, John and Mathias Risse. "Reimagining Rights & Responsibilities in the United States: Gun Rights and Public Safety." Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, February 2021.
Shattuck, John, and Mathias Risse. "Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Criminal Justice and Public Safety." Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, February 10, 2021.
Ang, Desmond. "The Effects of Police Violence on Inner-City Students." Quarterly Journal of Economics 136.1 (February 2021): 115-168.
Shattuck, John, and Mathias Risse. "Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Disability Rights." Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, January 21, 2021.
Masoud, Tarek. "The Arab Spring at 10: Kings or People?" Journal of Democracy 32.1 (January 2021): 139-154.
Chilazi, Siri, and Irish Bohnet. "Économie comportementale: quand défi nir des objectifs aide à promouvoir la diversité, l’équité et l’inclusion." Guide de l'Économie Comportementale (2021): 21-38.
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.
Ang, Desmond, and Jonathan Tebes. "Civic Responses to Police Violence." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP20-033, October 2020.
Woolcock, Michael and Samuel Freije-Rodriquez. "Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report 2020: Reversals of Fortune." World Bank, October 2020.
Smith, Sandra Susan. "The Massachusetts Bail Fund Is on the Right Side of the Law — and Justice." The Boston Globe. August 18, 2020.
Masoud, Tarek, and Aytug Sasmaz. "Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia is a mosque again. Do Turkish citizens want Erdogan to restore the caliphate?" Washington Post. July 24, 2020.
Ang, Desmond. "The Effects of Police Violence on Inner-City Students." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP20-016, June 2020.
Mayne, Quinton, Jorrit de Jong, and Fernando Fernandez-Monge. "State Capabilities for Problem-Oriented Governance." Perspectives on Public Management and Governance (2019).
Ganz, Marshall, and Art Reyes III. "Renewing Democracy Requires the Creation of an Inclusive Collective." Sanford Social Innovation Review (Winter 2020).
de Benedictis-Kessner, Justin, and Michael Hankinson. "Concentrated Burdens: How Self-Interest and Partisanship Shape Opinion on Opioid Treatment Policy." American Political Science Review 113.4 (November 2019): 1078-1084.
Bonnet, Florence, Joann Vanek, and Martha Chen. "Women and Men in the Informal Economy: A Statistical Brief." WIEGO and ILO, January 2019.
Alesina, Alberto, Michela Carlana, Eliana La Ferrara, and Paolo Pinotti. "Revealing Stereotypes: Evidence from Immigrants in Schools." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP18-040, November 2018.
Carlana, Michela and Marco Tabellini. "Happily Ever After: Immigration, Natives’ Marriage, and Fertility." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP18-035, July 2018.
Ang, Desmond. "Do 40-Year-Old Facts Still Matter? Long-Run Effects of Federal Oversight under the Voting Rights Act." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP18-033, October 2018.
Baum, Matthew A., Dara Kay Cohen, Susanne Schwarz, and Yuri Zhukov. "The Way Kavanaugh’s Supporters Are Talking About Sexual Assault Allegations Can Be Dangerous, Our New Study Finds." The Washington Post: The Monkey Cage, September 27, 2018.
Andrabi, Tahir, Jishnu Das, Asim Ijaz Khwaja, Selcuk Ozyurt, and Niharika Singh. "Upping the Ante: The Equilibrium Effects of Unconditional Grants to Private Schools." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP18-019, July 2018.
So, Sokbunthoeun, Michael Woolcock, Leah April, Caroline Hughes, and Nicola Smithers, eds. Alternative Paths to Public Financial Management and Public Sector Reform: Experiences from East Asia. World Bank, 2018.