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

Sullivan, Amy M., Margaret M. Hayes, Christine P. Beltran, Amy P. Cohen, Morgan Soffler, Suzanne Cooper, William Wisser, and Richard M. Schwartzstein. "Do we teach critical thinking? A mixed methods study of faculty and student perceptions of teaching and learning critical thinking at three professional schools." Medical Teacher (21 February 2024).
Autor, David, Anne Beck, David Dorn, and Gordon H. Hanson. "Help for the Heartland? The Employment and Electoral Effects of the Trump Tariffs in the United States." NBER Working Paper Series, January 2024.
Borjas, George J., and Daniel S. Hamermesh. "The Mismeasurement of Work Time: Implications for Wage Discrimination and Inequality." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP24-002, January 2024.
Borjas, George, and Daniel S. Hamermesh. "The Mismeasurement of Work Time: Implications for Wage Discrimination and Inequality." NBER Working Paper Series, January 2024.
Chandra, Amitabh, and Louis-Jonas Heizlsperger. "The Great Resignation, Employment, and Wages in Health Care." NEJM Catalyst, December 4, 2023.
Brick, Carmen, Daniel Schneider, and Kristen Harknett. "The Gender Wage Gap, Between-Firm Inequality, and Devaluation: Testing a New Hypothesis in the Service Sector." Work and Occupations 50.4 (November 2023): 539-577.
Hanson, Gordon, and Chen Liu. "Immigration and occupational comparative advantage." Journal of International Economics 145 (November 2023): 103809.
Goodman, Julia M., and Daniel Schneider. "Racial/ethnic and gender inequities in the sufficiency of paid leave during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from the service sector." American Journal of Industrial Medicine 66.11 (November 2023): 928-937.
Carlana, Michela, Gaia Gaudenzi, and Eliana La Ferrara. "Italy: Tutoring Online Program (TOP): A Successful Global Experience." Inter-American Development Bank, September 2023.
Chetty, Raj, David J. Deming, and John N. Friedman. "Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP23-021, August 2023.
Borjas, George, and Anthony Edo. "Monopsony, Efficiency, and the Regularization of Undocumented Immigrants." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP23-019, July 2023.
Deming, David. "Why Do Wages Grow Faster for Educated Workers?" HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP23-017, June 2023.
Autor, David, Anne Beck, David Dorn and Gordon Hanson. "Help for the Heartland? The Employment and Electoral Effects of the Trump Tariffs in the United States." CEPR Discussion Paper Series, 8 June 2023.
Carlana, Michela, Eliana La Ferrara, and Carolina Lopez. "Exacerbated Inequalities: The Learning Loss from COVID-19 in Italy." AEA Papers and Proceedings 113 (May 2023): 489-493.
Deming, David, Joseph B. Fuller, Rachel Lipson, Kerry McKittrick, Ali Epstein, and Emma Catalfamo. "Delivering on the Degree: The College-to-Jobs Playbook." Project on Workforce, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, April 2023.
Deming, David. "Multidimensional Human Capital and the Wage Structure." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP23-011, March 2023.
Woods, Tyler, Daniel Schneider, and Kristen Harknett. "The Politics of Prevention: Polarization in How Workplace COVID-19 Safety Practices Shaped the Well-Being of Frontline Service Sector Workers." Work and Occupations 50.1 (February 2023): 130-162.
Autor, David, David Dorn, and Gordon H. Hanson. "Trading Places: Mobility Responses of Native and Foreign-Born Adults to the China Trade Shock." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP23-007, January 2023.
Borjas, George, and Hugh Cassidy. "The Fall and Rise of Immigrant Employment During the COVID-19 Pandemic." Foundational Essays in Immigration Economics. Ed. Polachek, Solomon W., and Konstantinos Tatsiramos. Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023.
Smith, Sandra Susan. "How Pretrial Incarceration Diminishes Individuals' Employment Prospects." Federal Probation 86.3 (December 2022): 11-18.
Harknett, Kristen, and Daniel Schneider. "Mandates Narrow Gender Gaps In Paid Sick Leave Coverage For Low-Wage Workers In The US." Health Affairs 41.11 (November 2022): 1575-1582.
Luhr, Sigrid, Daniel Schneider, and Kristen Harknett. "Parenting Without Predictability: Precarious Schedules, Parental Strain, and Work-Life Conflict." RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 8.5 (August 2022): 24-44.
Bloome, Deirdre, and Shannon Ang. "Is the Effect Larger in Group A or B? It Depends: Understanding Results From Nonlinear Probability Models." Demography 59.4 (August 1, 2022): 1459-1488.
Zipperer, Ben, Celine McNicholas, Margaret Paydock, Daniel Schneider, and Kristen Harknett. "National survey of gig workers paints a picture of poor working conditions, low pay." Economic Policy Institute, June 2022.
Amorim, Mariana, and Daniel Schneider. "Schedule Unpredictability and High-Cost Debt: The Case of Service Workers." Sociological Science 9.5 (April 2022): 102-135.
Biasi, Barbara, David Deming, and Petra Moser. "Education and Innovation." The Role of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Economic Growth. Ed. Michael J. Andrews, Aaron Chatterji, Josh Lerner, and Scott Stern. University of Chicago Press, 2022, 537-558.
Herring, Christopher and Sandra Susan Smith. "The Limits of Ban-the-Box Legislation." Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Policy Brief, March 2022.
Borjas, George, and Anthony Edo. "Gender, Selection into Employment, and the Wage Impact of Immigration." NBER Working Paper Series, February 2022.
Borjas, George. Foundational Essays in Immigration Economics. World Scientific, 2021.
Borjas, George, and Hugh Cassidy. "The Fall and Rise of Immigrant Employment During the Covid-19 Pandemic." August 2021.
Clark, Robert L., and Joseph P. Newhouse. "Retirement decisions in a changing labor market." Journal of Pension Economics & Finance 20.3 (July 2021): 337-340.
Deming, David. "The Growing Importance of Decision-Making on the Job." NBER Working Paper Series, April 2021.
Anastasopoulos, L. Jason, George J. Borjas, Gavin G. Cook, and Michael Lachanski. "Job Vacancies and Immigration: Evidence from the Mariel Supply Shock." Journal of Human Capital 15.1 (Spring 2021): 1-33.
Biasi, Barbara, David J. Deming, and Petra Moser. "Education and Innovation." NBER Working Paper Series, March 2021.
Ang, Desmond. "The Effects of Police Violence on Inner-City Students." Quarterly Journal of Economics 136.1 (February 2021): 115-168.
Carlana, Michela, and Eliana La Ferrara. "Apart but Connected: Online Tutoring and Student Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP21-001, February 2021.
Phillips, Sarah F., Ronald F. Ferguson, and Jacob F.S. Rowley. "Do They See What I See? Toward a Better Understanding of the 7Cs Framework for Teaching Effectiveness." Educational Assessment 26.2 (January 2021): 69-87.
Ang, Desmond. "The Effects of Police Violence on Inner-City Students." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP20-016, June 2020.
Yeager, David S., et. al. "A National Experiment Reveals Where a Growth Mindset Improves Achievement." Nature 573 (August 2019): 364-369.
Rowley, Jacob F.S., Sarah F. Phillips, and Ronald F. Ferguson. "The Stability of Student Ratings of Teacher Instructional Practice: Examining the One-Year Stability of the 7cs Composite." School Effectiveness and School Improvement 30.4 (May 2019): 549-562.
Ferguson, Ronald, and Tatsha Robertson. The Formula: Unlocking the Secrets to Raising Highly Successful Children. BenBella Books, 2019.