Spring 2012

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Development Cooling Enthusiasm for Cook Stove Solution Faculty Researcher: Rema Hanna The problem of the cooking stove is unexpectedly important... More »

Energy Seeding an Energy Revolution Faculty Researchers: Laura Diaz Anadon & Matthew Bunn & Venkatesh Narayanamurti   Legislators, government officials, and corporate executives are all struggling to find ways to encourage game-changing innovations in the use of energy. Anguish over $4-a-gallon gasoline raises the political temperature, and budget-tightening makes the competition tougher for scarce government support. More » Across the School Research Briefs A sample of recent research and writings from HKS faculty, including Ricardo Hausmann on Greece’s financial problem, Edward Glaeser on the U.S. infrastructure, George Borjas on the collapse of the Soviet Union, and Linda Bilmes on Iraq. More »

Management Using Tough Love in Public Management Faculty Researcher: Steven Kelman  Management scholars and practitioners tend to favor either a soft and nurturing approach or a hard and tough one. But new research by Steven Kelman, the Weatherhead Professor of Public Management, suggests that “tough love” might be a very productive compromise. More » Equality Appetite for Redistribution Follows Immigrants Faculty Researcher: Monica Singhal   Looking at data from 32 European countries, the authors determined national averages for redistributive preferences and then looked to see how predictive those were of the preferences of immigrants.
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Equality Inequality Increases Political Influence of Wealthiest Faculty Researcher: Filipe Campante  As another heated political season begins, attention is focused on the Super PACs created to funnel unlimited contributions to political candidates, on billionaire political patrons, and on “big money’s” influence on the political process. More » Elections Why Girls Fare Better Than Boys When Moving Out of Poor Neighborhoods Faculty Researcher: Kathryn Edin Edin and her coauthors conducted in-depth qualitative research to explore gender differences in risk behavior among youths in Baltimore and Chicago. To investigate the survey results further, they interviewed four groups of youths... More »