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What Do Unions Do for the Middle Class?

January 13, 2016

Center for American Progress | New research by Richard B. Freeman and collaborators suggests that about one-third of the decline in the share of middle class workers is directly tied to the decreasing share of workers in unions. "The big question this research raises for Americans troubled by the decline of the middle class is whether the growth and level of inequality can be reduced without a strong labor movement,” said Freeman, Herbert Anchorman Professor of Economics at Harvard.
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Wealth Inequality and Accumulation

May 12, 2017

Annual Review of Sociology | By Alexandra Killewald, Fabian T. Pfeffer, and Jared Schachner. Alexandra Killewald is Professor of Sociology at Harvard. Jared Schachner is a PhD candidate in Sociology and Social Policy.



Washington must reduce policy uncertainty for small businesses

February 23, 2017

The Hill | Op-ed by Stan Veuger cites joint research with Daniel Shoag, Associate Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School, which found that increased local policy uncertainty contributed to the severity of the Great Recession. Their article, "Uncertainty and the Geography of the Great Recession," appears in the Journal of Monetary Economics (December 2016).
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Using video to make classroom observations more faire, more helpful, and less burdensom

June 11, 2015

Brookings Institution—Brown Center Chalkboard | By Thomas J. Kane and Miriam Greenberg



Using Data to Make More Rapid Progress in Addressing U.S. Social Problems

August 30, 2017

By Jeffrey Liebman, Malcolm Wiener Professor of Public Policy.

From the Government Performance Lab at Harvard Kennedy School:  In a new piece forthcoming in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (Jan 2018), Professor Jeffrey Liebman describes how high frequency use of data can move agencies from static evaluation of programs to real-time improvement in outcomes and to solutions to challenging social problems.... Read more about Using Data to Make More Rapid Progress in Addressing U.S. Social Problems



Urban sustainability in an age of enduring inequalities

January 5, 2017

PNAS | By Robert J. Sampson, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences. A special feature perspective, available early access in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.



Turning the Tide: Evidence on State Takeover and District Turnaround from Lawrence, Massachusetts

April 13, 2016

Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston | By Beth E. Schueler (Doctoral candidate in Education), Joshua S. Goodman (Harvard Kennedy School), and David Deming (HGSE). A policy brief based on their research findings, which "provide encouraging evidence that accountability-driven improvement of chronically underperforming districts is possible."



There’s a Word for Using Truthful Facts to Deceive: Paltering

October 5, 2016

Harvard Business Review | Francesca Gino of the Harvard Business School discusses her work with collaborators Todd Rogers and Richard Zeckhauser of the Harvard Kennedy School, Maurice Schweitzer of Wharton, and Mike Norton of Harvard Business School on the use of paltering in negotations.
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The Veiled Economics of Employee Cost-sharing

May 4, 2015

JAMA Internal Medicine | By Katherine Baicker (HSPH) and Amitabh Chandra



The Value of Soft Skills in the Labor Market

January 17, 2018

NBER Reporter | By David J. Deming (PhD '10), Professor at Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Graduate School of Education. Deming provides an overview of the current state of research on soft skills in the labor market. His own work in this area, "The Growing Importance of Social Skills in the Labor Market," appears in the November 2017 issue of Quarterly Journal of Economics.
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