2020, Paper: "In this study, we analyze the impacts of minimum wages on firms’ robot adoption using novel panel data related to robots imported by firms in China from 2001 to 2012, a period when most ...

Equity Fellows gather for an annual retreat each September, where they engage in seminars, participate in group activities, and set a positive tone for the year ahead. The Center for Public Leadership ...

December 18, 2024, Video: "Jason Furman, Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, discusses the potential consequences of President-elect Donald Trump's proposed tariff ...

December 11, 2024, Video: "Session 2: Bipartisan Paths to Strengthening Americas Economic Dynamism Jason Furman, Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy, Harvard University Allison Schrager ...

December 17, 2024, Opinion: "Ahead of his second presidency, Donald Trump has threatened to impose punitive tariffs of up to 100% on BRICS countries if they proceed with plans to create their own ...

How do people change their behavior after being made aware of bias? This question is central to efforts aimed at reducing discrimination in education, workplaces, and other settings. A recent paper ...

This paper studies the roles of market power and taxes in determining market surplus and social welfare in the U.S. consumer firearms industry. We construct a dataset combining the prices and ...

November 2024, Paper: "Empirical studies have found that enhanced foreign competition can encourage or discourage innovation. To address this relationship, I examine a market structure in which a ...

Aiming to provide training in public management and leadership development to Harvard Kennedy School students from the United Arab Emirates and broader Arab region, the Emirates Leadership Initiative ...

December 18, 2024, Paper: "Facing major fiscal and balance-of-payments headwinds, Ghana embarked on a comprehensive restructuring of its sovereign debt in December 2022.It was assessed that to return ...

This seminar is based on ideas presented in the upcoming book "Make Work Fair" by Iris Bohnet and Siri Chilazi.

LGBTQI+ activists attend Uganda's first gay pride parade in Kampala. Globally, LGBTQI+ people continue to experience multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination due to prevalent social stigma ...