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    • Agents of Structural Change 

      Neffke, Frank; Hartog, Matté; Boschma, Ron; Henning, Martin (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2014-12)
      Who introduces structural change in regional economies: Entrepreneurs or existing firms? And do local or non‐local founders of establishments create most novelty in a region? Using matched employer-employee data for the ...

    • Agglomeration Economies: The Heterogeneous Contribution of Human Capital and Value Chains 

      Diodato, Dario; Neffke, Frank; O’Clery, Neave (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2016-08)
      We document the heterogeneity across sectors in the impact labor and input-output links have on industry agglomeration. Exploiting the available degrees of freedom in coagglomeration patterns, we estimate the industry-speci ...

    • AGOA Rules: The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Special Fabric Provisions 

      Edwards, Lawrence; Lawrence, Robert Z. (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2011)
      Lesotho and other least developed African countries responded impressively to the preferences they were granted under the African Growth and Opportunities Act with a rapid increase in their clothing exports to the US. But ...

    • Agriculture, Development, And Global Change 

      Clark, William (1988)

    • AI for the People: The Use of AI to Improve Government Performance 

      Fagan, Mark (Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government, 2023-04)
      7:00 AM, the alarm goes off. 8:00 AM, you have a cup of coffee, scan the news, and check your email on your phone. During that single hour you have interacted with artificial intelligence (AI) numerous times. The coffee ...

    • AI, Judges and Judgment: Setting the Scene 

      Buckland, Robert (Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government, 2023-11)
      Artificial intelligence (AI) in the administration of justice is growing at rapid pace. This is driven by widespread recognition of AI justice’s undeniable advantages, despite the risks it presents to the integrity of legal ...

    • Aid and Fertility 

      Bahar, Dany (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2009-05)
      This paper uses a panel data from developing countries to study the relationship between foreign aid flows and fertility rates. By making use of natural disasters in neighboring countries as an instrumental variable to ...

    • Air quality–carbon–water synergies and trade-offs in China’s natural gas industry 

      Qin, Yue; Höglund-Isaksson, Lena; Byers, Edward; Feng, Kuishuang; Wagner, Fabian; Peng, Wei; Mauzerall, Denise (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018-09-14)

    • Air Transportation and Regional Economic Development: A Case Study for the New Airport in South Albania 

      Gadgin Matha, Shreyas; Goldstein, Patricio; Lu, Jessie (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2020-06)
      Considering the case of the proposed airport in Vlora, South Albania, this report analyzes the channels through which a new greenfield airport can contribute to regional economic development. In December 2019, the Government ...

    • Algorithm, Human, or the Centaur: How to Enhance Clinical Care? 

      Orfanoudaki, Agni; Saghafian, Soroush; Song, Karen; Chakkera, Harini A.; Cook, Curtiss B. (Harvard Kennedy School, 2022-12)
      There is a growing amount of evidence that machine learning (ML) algorithms can be used to develop accurate clinical risk scores for a wide range of medical conditions. However, the degree to which such algorithms can ...

    • Aligning College and Career: Expanding Citywide Pathways for Boston Youth 

      Farmer, Alexis; Lyle, Stephen; Shimano, Melanie (Project on Workforce at Harvard, 2021-11)
      How can we improve access to equitable opportunities to college and career for Boston’s youth? We conduct a feasibility study for a universal, citywide college- and career-readiness strategy in the City of Boston. ...

    • All Foundings Are Forced 

      Applbaum, Arthur Isak (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2012)
      Days after the beginning of the Libyan uprising in February 2011, a self-appointed group of human rights lawyers and defectors from Qaddafi’s regime announced the formation of the Transitional National Council and declared ...

    • All Stocks of Weapons-Usable Nuclear Materials Worldwide Must be Protected Against Global Terrorist Threats 

      Bunn, Matthew G.; Maslin, E.P. (Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, 2011)
      The danger of nuclear terrorism is real enough to justify urgent action to reduce the risk. Some terrorist groups are actively seeking nuclear weapons and the materials to make them; it is plausible that a technically ...

    • “All Successful Democracies Need Freedom of Speech”: American Efforts to Create a Vibrant Free Press in Iraq and Afghanistan 

      Rohde, David (Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2005)
      Over the last three years, the United States government has spent 215 million dollars on a sweeping effort to try to create a vibrant free press in Iraq and Afghanistan. The drive is part of President George W. Bush’s ...

    • Allocative Skill 

      Caplin, Andrew; Deming, David (Harvard Kennedy School, 2023-09)
      Jobs increasingly require good decision-making. Workers are valued not only for how much they can do, but also for their ability to decide what to do. In this paper we develop a theory and measurement paradigm for assessing ...

    • Alternative Consumer Price Indexes for Mexico 

      de Lizardi, Carlos Guerrero (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2010-01)
      The Consumer Price Index is a Laspeyres index which uses a plutocratic aggregate method. The Mexican CPI is not an exception. This paper has three purposes. The first purpose is to assemble a democratic CPI. The second ...

    • Alternative Metrics for Comparing Domestic Climate Change Mitigation Efforts and the Emerging International Climate Policy Architecture 

      Aldy, Joseph Edgar; Pizer, William (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2016)
      The availability of practical mechanisms for comparing domestic efforts aimed at mitigating global climate change are important for the stability, equity, and efficiency of international climate agreements. We examine a ...

    • Ambiguous Dynamic Treatment Regimes: A Reinforcement Learning Approach 

      Saghafian, Soroush (Harvard Kennedy School, 2021-12)
      A main research goal in various studies is to use an observational data set and provide a new set of counterfactual guidelines that can yield causal improvements. Dynamic Treatment Regimes (DTRs) are widely studied to ...

    • America's National Interests in Promoting a Transition to Sustainability 

      Clark, William (Informa UK Limited, 2001-01)

    • American Democracy: For Whom Does the Death Knell Toll? 

      Rouyer, Muriel (Harvard University, 2018-08)
      American liberal democracy, once a model throughout the world, is in crisis. The most obvious symptom of this malaise is a paradoxical attitude that pervades an underprivileged section of the population that, against its ...