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HKS Working Paper No. RWP23-012
We are today in the midst of a transition away from what has come to be called “neoliberalism,” with much uncertainty about what will replace it. We might approach the absence of…
Prosecutions are important, but not as the main policy lever for deterrence.
HKS Working Paper No. RWP23-011
This paper reviews and synthesizes the literature on the macroeconomic implications of human capital theory. I begin with a review of the canonical model of education and the wage…
Over the past two years, and in collaboration with Dr. Erica Chenoweth and Dr. Zoe Marks of Harvard University, USIP has been collecting cross-national data on the frequency and…
Researchers have devoted considerable attention to racial wealth gaps and to changes over time in financial preparedness for retirement. This paper explores the intersection of…
Hand-Off details the Bush administration’s national security and foreign policy as described at the time in then-classified Transition Memoranda prepared by the National Security…
HKS Working Paper No. RWP23-010
We estimate the equilibrium effects of a public school grant program administered through school councils in Pakistani villages with multiple public and private schools and…
HKS Working Paper No. RWP23-007
Previous research finds that the greater geographic mobility of foreign than native-born workers following economic shocks helps to facilitate local labor market adjustment to…
HKS Working Paper No. RWP23-008
Concerns about fraud in welfare programs are common arguments worldwide against such programs. We conducted a survey experiment with over 28,000 welfare program administrators and…
HKS Working Paper No. RWP23-005
Society’s transition toward more sustainable energy sources is well underway. But substantially reducing the use of fossil fuels to generate electricity, to power vehicles, and to…