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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

Foreword

Ellwood, David. Foreword. Acting in Time on Energy Policy. Ed. Kelly Sims Gallagher. Brookings Institution Press, 2009, vii-xii.

The Spread of Single-Parent Families in the United States Since 1960.

Ellwood, David, and Christopher Jencks. "The Spread of Single-Parent Families in the United States Since 1960." The Future of the Family. Ed. Daniel P. Moynihan, Timothy M. Smeeding, and Lee Rainwater. Russell Sage, 2004.

The Uneven Spread of Single-Parent Families: What Do We Know? Where Do We Look for Answers?

Ellwood, David, and Christopher Jencks. "The Uneven Spread of Single-Parent Families: What Do We Know? Where Do We Look for Answers?" Social Inequality. Ed. Kathryn Neckerman. Russell Sage, 2004.

Child Poverty in Britain and the United States.

Ellwood, David, and Richard Dickens. "Child Poverty in Britain and the United States." The Labour Market Under New Labour: The State of Working Britain. Ed. Richard Dickens, Paul Greg and Jonathan Wadsworth. Palgrave, 2003.

Working with Welfare: The Transforming of U.S. Social Policies.

Ellwood, David. "Working with Welfare: The Transforming of U.S. Social Policies." Small Transformations: The Politics of Welfare Reform. Ed. Janos Matyas Kovacs. Lit Verlag, 2003.

The Clinton Legacy for America's Poor.

Ellwood, David, and Rebecca Blank. "The Clinton Legacy for America's Poor." American Economic Policy in the 1990s. Ed. Jeffrey A. Frankel and Peter R. Orszag. MIT Press, 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.

Public Service Employment and Mandatory Work; A Policy Whose Time Has Come and Gone and Come Again?

Ellwood, David. "Public Service Employment and Mandatory Work; A Policy Whose Time Has Come and Gone and Come Again?" Finding Jobs: Work and Welfare Reform. Ed. Rebecca Blank and David Card. Russell Sage Foundation, 2001.

The Sputtering Labor Force in the 21st Century. Can Social Policy Help?

Ellwood, David. "The Sputtering Labor Force in the 21st Century. Can Social Policy Help?" The Roaring Nineties: Can Full Employment Be Sustained? Ed. Alan Krueger and Robert Solow. Russell Sage, 2001.