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
Lawrence, Robert Z. Behind the Curve: Can Manufacturing Still Provide Inclusive Growth? Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2024.
Al-Karablieh, Yazan, Rema Hanna, and Rohini Pande. "Who benefits? Experimental evidence on Saudi women’s take-up of unemployment assistance." Economics Letters (April 6, 2024).
Chinn, Menzie D., Jeffrey A. Frankel, and Hiro Ito. "The Dollar versus the Euro as International Reserve Currencies." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP24-005, March 2024.
Rodrik, Dani. "How to smooth US-China economic relations for the benefit of the global economy: A light model of global economic governance." Journal of Government and Economics 13 (Spring 2024).
Carlana, Michela, and Eliana La Ferrara. "Apart but Connected: Online Tutoring, Cognitive Outcomes, and Soft Skills." NBER Working Paper Series, March 2024.
Rodrik, Dani. "Addressing Challenges of a New Era: Against Rule-of-Thumb Economics." Finance & Development. March 2024.
Hausmann, Ricardo. Review of Harnessing global value chains for regional development: How to upgrade through regional policy, FDI, and trade, by Riccardo Crescenzi and Oliver Harman. Regional Studies, February 2, 2024.
Bachas, Pierre, Anders Jensen, and Lucie Gadenne. "Tax Equity in Low- and Middle-Income Countries." Journal of Economic Perspectives 38.1 (Winter 2024): 55-80.
Hausmann, Ricardo, Ulrich Schetter, and Muhammed A. Yildirim. "On the design of effective sanctions: the case of bans on exports to russia." Economic Policy (22 January 2024).
Lawrence, Robert Z. "Climate action: Implications for factor market reallocation." PIIE Working Paper Series, January 2024.
Frankel, Jeffrey. "How to Fix America’s Broken Air-Traffic Control System." Project Syndicate, December 14, 2023.
Lawrence, Robert Z. "New rules for a challenged trading system: the role of safeguards." The Elgar Companion to the World Trade Organization. Ed. Julien Chaisse and Cristián Rodríguez-Chiffelle. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023, 676-690.
Gaduh, Arya, Tilman Graff, Rema Hanna, Gabriel Kreindler, and Benjamin Olken. "Designing a public transit network: Evidence from Jakarta, Indonesia." VoxDev (December 6, 2023).
Lawrence, Robert Z. Behind the Curve: Can Manufacturing Still Provide Inclusive Growth? Columbia University Press, 2023.
Frankel, Jeffrey. "Did the Fed Rein in Inflation?" Project Syndicate, November 17, 2023.
Hausmann, Ricardo, Tim O’Brien, Andrés Fortunato, Alexia Lochmann, Kishan Shah, Lucila Venturi, Sheyla Enciso-Valdivia, Ekaterina Vashkinskaya, Ketan Ahuja, Bailey Klinger, Federico Sturzenegger, and Marcelo Tokman. "Growth Through Inclusion in South Africa." CID Faculty Working Paper Series, November 2023.
Hausmann, Ricardo, Ugo Panizza, Carmen Reinhart, Douglas Barrios, Clement Brenot, Jesús Daboin Pacheco, Clemens Graf von Luckner, Frank Muci, and Lucila Venturi. "Towards a Sustainable Recovery for Lebanon." CID Faculty Working Paper Series, November 2023.
Rodrik, Dani. Comment on "Presidential Address: Demand-Side Constraints in Development: The Role of Market Size, Trade, and (In)Equality", by Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg and Tristan Reed. Econometrica, 91.6, November 2023: 1959-1962.
Frankel, Jeffrey. "China's Great Leap Backward." Project Syndicate, October 20, 2023.
Nair, Gautam, and Federico Sturzenegger. "Great Dilution: The Global Impact of the US Inflation Shock on Sovereign Debt." IMF Economic Review (2023).
Bachas, Pierre, Lucie Gadenne, and Anders Jensen. "Informality, Consumption Taxes, and Redistribution." The Review of Economic Studies (21 September 2023): 1-31.
Frankel, Jeffrey. "The Ideological Looking Glass." Project Syndicate, September 19, 2023.
Woolcock, Michael. "What Is Distinctive about Religious Inequality? Challenges and Opportunities for Development Policy." Poverty and Prejudice: Religious Inequality and the Struggle for Sustainable Development. Ed. Mariz Tadros, Philip Mader, and Kathryn Cheeseman. Bristol University Press, September 19, 2023, 171-178.
Carlana, Michela, Gaia Gaudenzi, and Eliana La Ferrara. "Italy: Tutoring Online Program (TOP): A Successful Global Experience." Inter-American Development Bank, September 2023.
Bachas, Pierre, Matthew Fisher-Post, Anders Jensen, and Gabriel Zucman. "Globalization and Factor Income Taxation." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP23-027, August 2023.
Cheema, Ali, Asim I. Khwaja, M. Farooq Naseer, and Jacob N. Shapiro. "Glass Walls: Experimental Evidence on Constraints faced by Women in Accessing Valuable Skilling Opportunities." August 24, 2023.
Nair, Gautam, and Federico Sturzenegger. "Great Dilution: The Global Impact of the US Inflation Shock on Sovereign Debt." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP22-009, July 2022.
Frankel, Jeffrey. "Is the era of zero interest rates gone for good?" The Guardian, August 17, 2023.
Juhász, Réka, Nathan J. Lane, and Dani Rodrik. "The New Economics of Industrial Policy." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP23-022, August 2023.
Frankel, Jeffrey. "Is the US Economy Headed for a Soft Landing?" Project Syndicate, July 17, 2023.
Hausmann, Ricardo, and Ketan Ahuja. "A more globally minded European green industrial policy." Sparking Europe’s new industrial revolution: A policy for net zero, growth and resilience. Ed. Simone Tagliapietra and Reinhilde Veugelers. Bruegel, 2023.
Levy, Dan, Theodore Svoronos, and Mae Klinger. "Two-Stage Examinations: Can Examinations Be More Formative Experiences?" Active Learning in Higher Education 24.2 (July 2023): 79-94.
Rodrik, Dani. "Productivism and new industrial policies: learning from the past, preparing for the future." Sparking Europe's New Industrial Revolution. Ed. Simone Tagliapietra and Reinhilde Veugelers. Bruegel, 2023.
Besley, Timothy, Anders Jensen, and Torsten Persson. "Norms, Enforcement, and Tax Evasion." The Review of Economics and Statistics 105.4 (July 2023): 998-1007.
Kreindler, Gabriel, Arya Gaduh, Tilman Graff, Rema Hanna, and Benjamin A. Olken. "Optimal Public Transportation Networks: Evidence from the World’s Largest Bus Rapid Transit System in Jakarta." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP23-018, June 2023.
Frankel, Jeffrey. "America’s Mythical Fiscal Conservatives." Project Syndicate, June 16, 2023.
Barron, Patrick John, Louise J. Cord, Jose Antonio Cuesta Leiva,Sabina Anne Espinoza, Gregory Michael Larson, and Michael Woolcock. "Social Sustainability and the Development Process: What Is It, Why Does It Matter, and How Can It Be Enhanced?" World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series, June 15, 2023.
Frankel, Jeffrey. "Dollar Rivals." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP23-015, June 2023.
Georgieva, Dorina, Varun Eknath, and Michael Woolcock. "Examining Business Reform Committees: Findings from a New Global Dataset." World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series, June 2023.
Frankel, Jeffrey. "How to Quench the American West’s Thirst." Project Syndicate, May 29, 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.
Diodato, Dario, Ricardo Hausmann, and Frank Neffke. "The Impact of Return Migration on Employment and Wages in Mexican Cities." Journal of Urban Economics 135 (May 2023): 103557.
Frankel, Jeffrey. "Debt Restructuring for Commodity Exporters." Project Syndicate, April 25, 2023.
Gulesci, Selim, Sam Jindani, Eliana La Ferrara, David Smerdon, Munshi Sulaiman, and H. Peyton Young. "A Stepping Stone Approach to Norm Transitions." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP23-013, April 2023.
Barron, Patrick, Louise Cord, José Cuesta, Sabina Espinoza, Greg Larson, and Michael Woolcock. Social Sustainability in Development: Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century. The World Bank, 2023.
Bùi, Thao-Nguyên, Tim Freeman, Ricardo Hausmann, Farah Kaddah, Lucas Lamby, Tim O’Brien, and Eric Protzer. "Housing in Wyoming: Constraints and Solutions." CID Faculty Working Paper Series, April 2023.
Hausmann, Ricardo, Miguel Ángel Santos, Jorge Tudela Pye, Frank Muci, Yang Li, Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm, Ana Cristina Grisanti, and Jessie Lu. "Policy Recommendations for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth in the Peruvian Amazonia." CID Faculty Working Paper Series, April 2023.
Rodrik, Dani. "On Productivism." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP23-012, March 2023.
Frankel, Jeffrey. "Fifty Years of Floating Currencies." Project Syndicate, March 20, 2023.
Barron, Patrick, Louise Cord, José Cuesta, Sabina A. Espinoza, Greg Larson, and Michael Woolcock. "Social Sustainability in Development: Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century." World Bank Group, March 15, 2023.