Research briefs

The Hamilton Project | A policy proposal by Tiffany Chou, Adam Looney, and Tara Watson. Adam Looney (PhD '04) is a senior fellow in Economic Studies at Brookings and served in the U.S. Treasury Department from 2013-2017 as Deputy Assistant Secretary for...

The Hamilton Project | A policy proposal by David J. Deming (PhD '10), Professor of Education and Economics, HGSE; and Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.

Archbridge Institute | By Scott Winship (Ph.D. '09), now project director with the U.S. Joint Economic Committee, Office of Vice Chairman Senator Mike Lee. Winship is an honorary advisor to the Archbridge Institute.

Journalists' Resource | Reviews new study by economist Crystal Yang (Ph.D. '13), Assistant Professor at Harvard Law School, which appears in the March 2017 issue of the Journal of Public Economics. In the study, "Local Labor Markets and Criminal...

EconoFact | By David Deming (Ph.D '10), Professor at Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Graduate School of Education.

EconoFact | By Tara Watson (Ph.D. '03), Associate Professor of Economics, Williams College. Watson recently served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Microeconomic Analysis, U.S. Dept of Treasury (2015-2016).

EconoFact | By David Deming (Ph.D. '10), Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Brookings Institution | By Andrew R. Feldman (Ph.D. '07). Feldman is a Visiting Fellow in the Center on Children and Families in the Economic Studies program at the Brookings Institution and a researcher with the Evidence-Based Policymaking Collaborative.

National Academy of Sciences—Issues in Science and Technology | By Alicia Sasser Modestino (Ph.D. '01). Middle-skill jobs are key for the nation and its workforce. Here is where things stand today and projections for future improvements. Alicia Sasser...

NYU Furman Center | By Jackelyn Hwang (Ph.D. '15), essay for the NYU Furman Center discussion series "The Dream Revisited." Hwang is postdoctoral research fellow at Princeton University, and in fall 2017 will join the Stanford University faculty as...