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

Angelova, Victoria, Will S. Dobbie, and Crystal Yang. "Algorithmic Recommendations and Human Discretion." NBER Working Paper Series, September 2023.
Cullen, Zoe, Will Dobbie, and Mitchell Hoffman. "Increasing the Demand for Workers with a Criminal Record." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 38.1 (February 2023): 103-150.
Angelova, Victoria, Will Dobbie, and Crystal S. Yang. "Algorithmic Recommendations and Human Discretion." October 25, 2022.
Arnold, David, Will Dobbie, and Peter Hull. "Measuring Racial Discrimination in Bail Decisions." American Economic Review 112.9 (September 2022): 2992-3038.
Cullen, Zoe, Will S. Dobbie, and Mitchell Hoffman. "Increasing the Demand for Workers with a Criminal Record." NBER Working Paper Series, April 2022.
Dobbie, Will, and Crystal S. Yang. "The US Pretrial System: Balancing Individual Rights and Public Interests." Journal of Economic Perspectives 35.4 (Fall 2021): 49-70.
Dobbie, Will, Andres Liberman, Daniel Paravisini, and Vikram Pathania. "Measuring Bias in Consumer Lending." The Review of Economic Studies 88.6 (August 2021): 2799-2832.
Dobbie, Will, David Arnold, and Peter Hull. "Measuring Racial Discrimination in Algorithms." American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings (May 2021).
Dobbie, Will, and Crystal Yang. "The Economic Costs of Pretrial Detention." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (March 24, 2021).
Dobbie, Will, and Roland G. Fryer. "Charter Schools and Labor Market Outcomes." Journal of Labor Economics 38.4 (2020).
Dobbie, Will, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Neale Mahoney, and Jae Song. "Bad Credit, No Problem? Credit and Labor Market Consequences of Bad Credit Reports." Journal of Finance 75.5 (June 2020): 2377-2419.
Arnold, David, Will S. Dobbie, and Peter Hull. "Measuring Racial Discrimination in Bail Decisions." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP20-014, May 2020.
Dobbie, Will, and Jae Song. "Targeted Debt Relief and the Origins of Financial Distress: Experimental Evidence from Distressed Credit Card Borrowers." American Economic Review 110.4 (April 2020): 984-1018.
Dobbie, Will and Crystal Yang. "Equal Protection under Algorithms: A New Statistical and Legal Framework." Michigan Law Review (2020).
Dobbie, Will, Hans Gronqvist, Susan Niknami, Marten Palme, and Mikael Priks. "The Intergenerational Effects of Parental Incarceration." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP19-031, 2019.
Dobbie, Will, and Jae Song. "Targeted Debt Relief and the Origins of Financial Distress: Experimental Evidence from Distressed Credit Card Borrowers." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP19-030, 2019.
Dobbie, Will, Andres Liberman, Daniel Paravisini, and Vikram Pathania. "Measuring Bias in Consumer Lending." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP19-029, 2019.
Dee, Thomas S., Will Dobbie, Brian A. Jacob, and Jonah Rockoff. "The Causes and Consequences of Test Score Manipulation: Evidence from the New York Regents Examinations." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 11.3 (July 2019): 382-423.
Dobbie, Will, Adrien Auclert, and Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham. "Macroeconomic Effects of Debt Relief: Consumer Bankruptcy Protections in the Great Recession." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series, March 2019.
Dobbie, Will and Crystal Yang. "Proposals for Improving the U.S. Pretrial System." Hamilton Project, May 2019.
Arnold, David, Will Dobbie, and Crystal S. Yang. "Racial Bias in Bail Decisions." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 133.4 (November 2018): 1885-1932.
Dobbie, Will. "The Effects of Pre-Trial Detention on Conviction, Future Crime, and Employment: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Judges." American Economic Review 108.2 (February 2018): 201-240.
Dobbie, Will, and Roland G. Fryer. "Charter Schools and Labor Market Outcomes." November 2017.
Dobbie, Will, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, and Crystal Yang. "Consumer Bankruptcy and Financial Health." Review of Economics and Statistics 99.5 (2017): 853-869.
Dobbie, Will, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Neale Mahoney, and Jae Song. "Bad Credit, No Problem? Credit and Labor Market Consequences of Bad Credit Reports." June 2017.
Dobbie, Will and Roland Fryer. "The Medium-Term Impacts of High-Achieving Charter Schools." Journal of Political Economy 123.5 (October 2015): 985-1037.
Dobbie, Will and Roland Fryer. "The Impact of Voluntary Youth Service on Future Outcomes: Evidence from Teach for America." Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy 15.3 (July 2015): 1031-1066.
Dobbie, Will and Jae Song. "Debt Relief and Debtor Outcomes: Measuring the Effects of Consumer Bankruptcy Protection." American Economic Review 105.3 (March 2015): 1272-1311.
Dobbie, Will and Roland Fryer. "The Impact of Attending a School with High-Achieving Peers: Evidence from the New York City Exam Schools." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 6.3 (July 2014): 58-75.
Dobbie, Will and Richard Fryer. "Getting Beneath the Veil of Effective Schools: Evidence from New York City." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 4.5 (October 2013): 28-60.
Dobbie, Willm and Paige Marta Skiba. "Information Asymmetries in Consumer Lending: Evidence from Payday Lending." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 4 (July 2013): 5.
Dobbie, Will. "Teacher Characteristics and Student Achievement: Evidence from Teach For America." July 2011.
Dobbie, Will and Roland Fryer. "Are High-Quality Schools Enough to Increase Achievement Among the Poor? Evidence from the Harlem Children's Zone." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 3.3 (July 2011): 158-187.