Search results

Developing Positive Young Adults: Lessons from Two Decades of YouthBuild Programs

May 13, 2015

MDRC | By Ronald F. Ferguson, Jason Snipes (WestEd), Farhana Hossain (MDRC), and Michelle S. Manno (MDRC)



Creating Mobility from Poverty: An Overview of Strategies

August 25, 2016

Urban Institute | By David Ellwood, Mary Bogle, Gregory Acs, Kelley S. Mikelson, and Susan J. Popkin. David Ellwood is the Scott M. Black Professor of Political Economy and Director of the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. This report is part of an evolving body of work informing the U.S. Partnership on Mobility from Poverty, which Ellwood chairs. 



Correcting Signals for Innovation in Health Care

October 5, 2015

The Hamilton Project | By Nicholas Bagley (University of Michigan Law School), Amtabh Chandra, and Austin Frakt (U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs and Boston University). Issued in conjunction with The Hamilton Project's policy forum, "Addressing Economic Challenges in an Evolving Health Care Market," held Oct 7, 2015, at The Brookings Institution.



Closing the Opportunity Gap Report

March 16, 2016

The Saguaro Seminar—Harvard Kennedy School | In 2015, the Saguaro Seminar, led by Robert D. Putnam, Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy, launched the Closing the Opportunity Gap initiative. The initiative convened five working groups of the country’s leading experts in each of five areas: family and parenting, early childhood, K-12 education, community institutions, and “on-ramps” (like community college or apprenticeships).

Patrick Sharkey (Ph.D. '07) of New York University, a contributor to the community working group, co-authored the chapter on "Rebuilding Communities to Help Close the Opportunity Gap."



Chart of the week: Do high taxes motivate star inventors to relocate?

November 4, 2016

American Economics Association | Is tax flight by the rich mostly a myth or a serious concern? Discusses new study co-authored by Stefanie Stantcheva, Assistant Professor of Economics, which appears in the October issue of the American Economic Review. The research is co-authored by Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago, and Salomé Baslandze, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance. 
View AER article (complimentary access)



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." 
View the research (complimentary access)



Can the Financial Benefit of Lobbying be Quantified?

January 16, 2018

Washington Center for Equitable Growth | A look at a new paper by Inequality doctoral fellow Brian Libgober, PhD candidate in Government, and Daniel Carpenter, Allie S. Freed Professor of Government, "Lobbying with Lawyers: Financial Market Evidence for Banks' Influence on Rulemaking."
View the research



Can Investing in Public Colleges Serve as an Infrastructure Project?

February 2, 2017

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



Analyzing race, crime and urban violence, after Ferguson: Research perspectives and data

December 3, 2014

Journalist's Resource | William Julius Wilson, Robert Sampson



Aiming Higher Together: Strategizing Better Educational Outcomes for Boys and Young Men of Color

May 10, 2016

Urban Institute | By Ronald F. Ferguson, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy. Boys and young men of color remain overrepresented among those who do not excel academically and face home, school, peer-group, and societal disadvantages relative to their white peers. This report proposes strategies to achieve a person-environment fit that can change dynamics and lead to better educational outcomes for these students.

Pages