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Moderator's perspective on William Julius Wilson and JD Vance's discussion of race, class and culture

September 11, 2017

Brookings Institution | By Camille Busette, Senior Fellow and Director of the Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative at the Brookings Institution offers refelctsion on a discussion that brought together Harvard's William Julius Wilson, Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor, and J.D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy. Hosted by the Brookings Institution, September 5, 2017.

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Six takeaways from the discussion on race, class, and culture
By Camille Busette, Richard V. Reeves, and Eleanor Krause

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What is Stopping Poor People from Moving to Better Jobs?

October 12, 2017

The Atlantic | Highly educated people still relocate for work, but exorbitant housing costs in the best-paying cities make it difficult for anyone else to do so. Cites research by Peter Ganong (University of Chicago) and Daniel Shoag (Harvard Kennedy School), Edward Glaeser (Harvard Economics), and Leah Platt Boustan PhD '06 (Princeton University).



How daughters change the behaviour of influential men

October 6, 2017

The Economist | Cites study by poitical scientist Maya Sen (joint with Adam Glynn) that investigated the effects of having a daughter had on the rulings of judges of the United States federal courts of appeal. Maya Sen is an Associate Professor at Harvard Kennedy School. The study was published in the American Journal of Political Science.
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Opinion: America needs big ideas to heal our divides. Here are three.

October 19, 2017

PBS NewsHour | By Robert D. Putnam and John Bridgeland. Robert Putnam is Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University.



The Descent of Democracy

September 20, 2017

Boston Review | By Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Professor of History, Race, and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. One of Boston Review's Top 10 essays on race in 2017.



What Trump gets wrong about 401(k)s

October 24, 2017

Politico | Quoted: Brigitte Madrian, an economist at Harvard’s Kennedy School who has extensively studied workplace retirement plans, believes that the House GOP proposal could significantly reduce savings. 



How employer-sponsored rainy day savings accounts can help workers prepare for emergencies

October 26, 2017

Brookings Institution | Brigitte Madrian, Aetna Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management at Harvard Kennedy School, presented research from a new working paper (joint with John Beshears, James Choi, Mark Iwry, David C. John, and David Laibson) at a Brookings Retirement Security Project event.
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Chart of the week: An increase in last-minute federal spending comes with a decline in project quality

November 13, 2017

American Economics Association | Summarizes findings of new research in the American Economic Review by Jeffrey B. Liebman, Malcolm Wiener Professor of Public Policy, and Neale Mahoney of Chicago-Booth: "Do Expiring Budgets Lead to Wasteful Year-End Spending? Evidence from Federal Procurement." 
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How much does a college matter in getting a student to commencement?

December 29, 2017

Washington Post | Discusses study by Joshua S. Goodman and colleagues, which suggests that the college "matters more than we might think, particularly when it comes to academically marginal students."The study, authored by  Joshua Goodman of the Harvard Kenenedy School and Michael Hurwitz and Jonathan Smith  of the College Board, appears in the Journal of Labor Economics.
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Should Policymakers Care Whether Inequality is Helpful or Harmful for Growth?

October 13, 2017

Peterson Institute for International Economics | Presentation by Jason Furman (Harvard Kennedy School) at PIIE's "Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy Conference," with discussion by Dani Rodrik (Harvard Kennedy School), Tharman Shanmugaratnam, and Justin Wolfers (PhD '01). View the paper, slides, and conference videos at the conference webpage.

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