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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.



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



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



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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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.



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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When Mass Shootings Lead to Looser Gun Restrictions

May 12, 2016

Harvard Business School: Working Knowledge | Reviews key findings in the study “The Impact of Mass Shootings on Gun Policy,” co-authored by Michael Luca, Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School, and colleagues Deepak Malhotra and Christopher Poliquin.



Where does innovation come from?

March 28, 2019

Vox EU | Stefanie Stantcheva, Professor of Economics, discusses her research (joint with Ufuk Akcigit, Santiago Caicedo Soler, Ernest Miguelez, and Valerio Sterzi), "Dancing with the Stars: Innovation Through Interactions," which shows that inventors learn by interacting with other inventors and produce better innovations [Video].

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Why a Supreme Court Decision to Restrict Health Reform Subsidies Would Backfire on Republicans

January 20, 2015

Scholars Strategy Network | By Lawrence R. Jacobs and Theda Skocpol



Why Annual Statewide Testing is Critical to Judging School Quality

January 20, 2015

Brookings Institution—The Brown Center Chalkboard | By Matthew M. Chingos and Martin R. West (Faculty, Ph.D. '06)

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