July 10, 2024, Paper: "This review organizes the vibrant recent literature on the cognitive foundations of economic decision-making. At a basic level, this entire literature studies imperfections in ...

Journalists from a slew of major news outlets left their workspaces in the Pentagon last week following an October 15 ultimatum by the Department of Defense to sign onto new Department of Defense ...

American states traditionally redraw their congressional districts every 10 years. Recently, states have begun redrawing districts mid-cycle to give a political advantage to a particular party. Texas, ...

When change requires you to challenge people's familiar reality, it can be difficult, dangerous work. Whatever the context, whether in the private or the public sector, many will feel threatened as ...

The accelerated adoption of Artificial Intelligence marks a pivotal moment in technological progress. AI is reshaping industries, redefining labor markets, and prompting critical societal reflections ...

A national survey of American attitudes toward rights and responsibilities in the United States finds that large majorities now favor strengthening the nation’s civil rights laws, despite continuing ...

For more information, go to Professor Jie Bai's full website. I am an Assistant Professor in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. My research focuses on firms and markets in developing countries ...

Through rigorous research, we offer gender insights into work, politics, and conflict that have the potential to reduce or eliminate barriers so all people can fulfill their life aspirations ...

February 8, Audio: "To balance the federal budget, government revenue must meet or exceed government spending. That’s happened only twice in the past half-century: President Lyndon Johnson did it in ...

The Achievement Gap Initiative (AGI) at Harvard University launched in 2005 as a University-wide endeavor based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social ...

The shift from an individual contributor to a manager is one of the most pivotal transitions in a career, and those managerial promotions are often rewarded without the training needed to effectively ...

In the era of Kennedy and Khrushchev, power was expressed in terms of nuclear missiles, industrial capacity, numbers of men under arms, and tanks lined up ready to cross the plains of Eastern Europe.