John Friedman

Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Office Address
Taubman-356
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 114
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-8628
Email: john_friedman@harvard.edu
John Friedman

Profile

John N. Friedman is Assistant Professor of Public Policy. He is interested in the economics and political economy of public policy. His research has focused on healthcare and tax policy, as well as the drivers and implications of redistricting. Before joining the Kennedy School, he was a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar of Health Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. He is a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Friedman holds a PhD in Economics, an AM in Statistics, and a BA in Economics, all from Harvard University.

Courses

Fall

  • API-201-D Quantitative Analysis and Empirical Methods

Research

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

Selected Publication Citations:

  • HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series
    • Chetty, Raj, John N. Friedman, Soren Leth-Peterson, Torben Heien Nielsen, and Tore Olsen. "Active vs. Passive Decisions and Crowd-out in Retirement Savings Accounts: Evidence from Denmark." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-002, January 2013.
    • Friedman, Jeffrey A., and Richard Zeckhauser. "Assessing Uncertainty in Intelligence." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-027, June 2012.