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Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.

Faculty Publications

Bullets Don't Got No Name: Consequences of Fear in the Ghetto.

Kling, Jeffrey, Jeffrey Liebman, and Lawrence Katz. "Bullets Don't Got No Name: Consequences of Fear in the Ghetto." Discovering Successful Pathways in Children's Development: Mixed Methods in the Study of Childhood and Family Life. Ed. Thomas S. Weisner. University of Chicago, 2004.

The Early Impacts of Moving to Opportunity in Boston.

Katz, Lawrence, Jeffrey Kling, and Jeffrey Liebman. "The Early Impacts of Moving to Opportunity in Boston." Choosing a Better Life? Evaluating the Moving to Opportunity Social Experiment. Ed. John M. Goering and Judith D. Feins. Urban Institute, 2003.

“The Distributional Effects of an Investment-based Social Security System.”

Feldstein, Martin, and Jeffrey Liebman. “The Distributional Effects of an Investment-based Social Security System.” The Distributional Aspects of Social Security and Social Security Reform. Ed. Martin Feldstein and Jeffrey Liebman. University of Chicago Press, 2002.

“Redistribution in the Current U.S. Social Security System.”

Liebman, Jeffrey. “Redistribution in the Current U.S. Social Security System.” The Distributional Aspects of Social Security and Social Security Reform. Ed. Martin Feldstein and Jeffrey Liebman. University of Chicago Press, 2002.

“The Optimal Design of the Earned Income Tax Credit.”

Liebman, Jeffrey. “The Optimal Design of the Earned Income Tax Credit.” Making Work Pay: The Earned Income Tax Credit and Its Impact on American Families. Ed. Bruce D. Meyer and Douglas Holtz-Eakin. Russell Sage Foundation, 2002.

“Fiscal Policy and Social Security Policy During the 1990s.”

Elmendorf, Douglas, Jeffrey Liebman, and David Wilcox. “Fiscal Policy and Social Security Policy During the 1990s.” American Economic Policy in the 1990s. Ed. Jeffrey Frankel and Peter Orszag. MIT Press, 2002.

“Social Security.”

Feldstein, Martin, and Jeffrey Liebman. “Social Security.” Handbook of Public Economics, Volume 4. Ed. Alan J. Auerbach and Martin Feldstein. Elsevier, 2002.

The Middle Class Parent Penalty: Child Benefits in the U.S. Tax Code.

Ellwood, David, and Jeffrey Liebman. "The Middle Class Parent Penalty: Child Benefits in the U.S. Tax Code." Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 15. Ed. James M. Poterba. MIT Press, 2001.