Neoliberalism and economic nationalism are the two dominant meta-models for the global economy today. Proponents call them pathways to prosperity, but both have been blamed for exacerbating ongoing cl...

Schneider, Harknett. Beyond borders: Does firm-level exposure to state and local paid sick leave mandates lead to intra-firm spillovers?. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 45, e70061. October 2025

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Trump’s trade war is reckless. But his appetite for protectionism is more widely shared than you may realize.

The president almost certainly would not be impeached. But that doesn't mean he would emerge politically unscathed.

With a Republican Congress reluctant to check Trump’s power, fears of a constitutional crisis are growing. Political scientist and Harvard Kennedy School Professor Maya Sen, who studies the federal ju...

The Senior Fellows Program at Harvard Kennedy School’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government brings experienced professionals together to tackle global business and government challenges...

Professor Marcella Alsan and the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy have awarded 28 students up to $5,000 each.

Faculty experts at Harvard Kennedy School see unprecedented challenge to the rule of law and to constitutional norms and consider how the courts and other institutions will respond.

The 15% research cost cap is too strict, but there’s a solution.

Throughout his campaign and during his first few weeks in office, President Donald Trump has invoked the threat of tariffs on imported products more than perhaps any president in US history. And yet, he has also backed off of many of these threats almost as quickly.

The Harvard Kennedy School’s Malcolm Wiener Center and Reimagining the Economy Project welcome Dr. Heather Boushey and Dr. Todd Tucker.

Mark Shepard, a Harvard Kennedy School expert, looks at the crossroads facing the American health insurance system, a patched-together outlier.

Jencks helped pioneer the study of inequality and developed generations of scholars.

The problem goes beyond the political leanings of judges to the speed of change and the administration’s apparent willingness to ignore court rulings it dislikes.

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Trump’s recent comments revive a debate about foreign investment and US national security.

Is there an industrial policy rationale for Trump’s tariff brinksmanship?

Dani Rodrik advises America’s trade partners not to embrace retaliation, because that would harm mainly themselves.

Researchers who studied healthcare in dozens of facilities link accreditation to better collaboration and treatment and fewer deaths .

Mean Reversion in RCTs: It may matter for targeting…

Join us for an overview of fellowships and research grants for Harvard students, including several community service summer fellowships that support G

Dani Rodrik argues that import duties are neither an all-purpose tool, as Donald Trump believes, nor a purposeless one.

County jails may be able to improve access to medical care and lower death rates behind bars through healthcare accreditation, according to new research by Harvard University economists — but inmates ...

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

Harvard researchers explore how the design of health insurance markets in the United States contributes to health inequities.

A surprising number of children are isolated at school. How can teachers spot this social exclusion, and what can they do to make every child feel included? An intervention in primary schools in Italy gave teachers the information to help them recognise and help isolated children. Michela Carlana of Harvard tells Tim Phillips how identifying the problem can be the first step to solving it.

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Research from the Shift Project at Harvard Kennedy School shows that service sector workers who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced economic insecurity and saw their health and we...

Marcella Alsan granted the Humboldt Research Award, honoring her outstanding academic record and research to date.