Erzo F.P. Luttmer

Associate Professor of Public Policy
Kennedy School
Office Address
Littauer-108
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 25
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-496-0118
Fax: 617-496-5747
Email: Erzo_Luttmer@ksg.harvard.edu
Assistant
Kate Mikels (617-496-0290)
Erzo F.P. Luttmer

Profile

Erzo F.P. Luttmer, Associate Professor of Public Policy, teaches public economics and microeconomics. His research interests include public economics, labor economics, and applied econometrics. Within these fields, his research focuses on income redistribution programs and the role of social effects on economic outcomes. In recent research, he has conducted a randomized experiment to examine the effect of the race and income of Katrina victims on Americans generosity towards them, explored the efficiency gains of giving people a choice of tax schedules, and investigated whether individuals respond to the link between their current payment of Social Security taxes and their expected future Social Security benefits. From 1999 to 2000, he worked as an economist at the World Bank. Luttmer received a master's degree in econometrics from Erasmus University Rotterdam and a PhD in economics from Harvard University.

Link to API-101A

Courses

Fall

  • API-101 Markets and Market Failure

Not Offered

  • API-129 Social Problems and Government Responses

Media Expertise

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Research

Research for a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Academic Journals
    • Dehejia, Rajeev, Thomas DeLeire, and Erzo F.P. Luttmer. "Insuring Consumption and Happiness Through Religious Organizations." Journal of Public Economics 91.1-2 (February 2007): 259-279.
    • Luttmer, Erzo F.P., Carolyn Kousky, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Private Investment And Government Protection." Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 33.1-2 (September 2006): 73-100.
    • Luttmer, Erzo F.P. "Neighbors as Negatives: Relative Earnings and Well-Being." Quarterly Journal of Economics 120.3 (August 2005): 963-1002.
    • Glaeser, Edward L., and Erzo F.P. Luttmer. "The Misallocation of Housing Under Rent Control." American Economic Review 93.4 (September 2003): 1027-1046.
    • Luttmer, Erzo F.P. “Group Loyalty and the Taste for Redistribution.” Journal of Political Economy 109.3 (June 2001): 500-528.
  • Research Papers/Reports
    • Luttmer, Erzo F.P., and Kelly Shue. "Who Misvotes? The Effect of Differential Cognition Costs on Election Outcomes." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP06-048 (also NBER Working Paper 12079), November 2006.