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Delivery worker wearing a medical mask and carrying packages.
Feature: The Impact of State Paid Sick Leave Laws on Service Workers

Daniel Schneider finds that state paid sick leave laws increased service workers’ access to paid sick leave and reduced the share of service workers who worked while sick.

A family with a father, mother, and two small children walking on a dirt path.
Feature: Connecting Absolute and Relative Intergenerational Mobility

Deirdre Bloome offers two frameworks for understanding the relationship between types of intergenerational mobility, or whether people are socioeconomically better off than their parents.

Two women in rural India dressed colorfully and carrying baskets on their heads.
Feature: Studying a Government Program to Support Women’s Self-Help Groups

Michael Walton explores the interactions between state and society in rural India within a major community-based development program, finding two major tensions.

A network of computer motherboards and other parts assembled to look like a miniature city.
Feature: The Data-Informed City

Jorrit de Jong presents a comprehensive framework for how cities can use data to address problems more effectively, efficiently, equitably, and with better accountability.

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

Economic Vulnerability of Households With Essential Workers

McCormack, Grace, Christopher Avery, Ariella Kahn-Lang Spitzer, and Amitabh Chandra. "Economic Vulnerability of Households With Essential Workers." JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association 324.4 (July 2020): 388–390.

Does One Medicare Fit All? The Economics of Uniform Health Insurance Benefits

Shepard, Mark, Katherine Baicker, and Jonathan Skinner. "Does One Medicare Fit All? The Economics of Uniform Health Insurance Benefits." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP19-036, November 2019.

The Two Margin Problem in Insurance Markets

Shepard, Mark, Michael Geruso, Timothy J. Layton, and Grace McCormack. "The Two Margin Problem in Insurance Markets." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP19-035, November 2019.

Sunlight and Protection Against Influenza

Slusky, David J. G., and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Sunlight and Protection Against Influenza." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP18-007, February 2018.

A Commitment Contract to Achieve Virologic Suppression in Poorly Adherent Patients with HIV/AIDS

Alsan, Marcella, John Beshears, Wendy S. Armstrong, James J. Choi, Brigitte C. Madrian, Minh Ly T. Nguyen, Carlos Del Rio, David Laibson, and Vincent C. Marconi. "A Commitment Contract to Achieve Virologic Suppression in Poorly Adherent Patients with HIV/AIDS." AIDS 31.12 (July 2017): 1765-1769.

Vaccination Rates are Associated With Functional Proximity But Not Base Proximity of Vaccination Clinics

Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David I. Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Gwendolyn I. Reynolds. "Vaccination Rates are Associated With Functional Proximity But Not Base Proximity of Vaccination Clinics." Medical Care 54.6 (June 2016): 578.

Medicare Advantage: What Explains Its Robust Health?

Sinaiko, Anna D., and Richard Zeckhauser. "Medicare Advantage: What Explains Its Robust Health?" American Journal of Managed Care 21.11 (November 2015): 804-806.

What Determines End-of-Life
Assets? A Retrospective View

Poterba, James, Steven Venti, and David A. Wise. "What Determines End-of-Life Assets? A Retrospective View." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-067, November 2015.

Effects of Medicare Payment Reform: Evidence from the Home Health Interim and Prospective
Payment Systems

Huckfeldt, Peter J., Neeraj Sood, José J Escarce, David C. Grabowski, and Joseph P. Newhouse. "Effects of Medicare Payment Reform: Evidence from the Home Health Interim and Prospective Payment Systems." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-007, March 2012.

A Primer on the Economics of Prescription
Pharmaceutical Pricing in Health Insurance
Markets

Berndt, Ernst R., Thomas G. McGuire, and Joseph P. Newhouse. "A Primer on the Economics of Prescription Pharmaceutical Pricing in Health Insurance Markets." Forum for Health Economics & Policy 14.2 (Prescription Drug Insurance, Article 10(2011).

Assessing the Effects of Tobacco Policy Changes on Smoking-Related Health Expenditures

Newhouse, Joseph P. "Assessing the Effects of Tobacco Policy Changes on Smoking-Related Health Expenditures." After Tobacco: What Would Happen if Americans Stopped Smoking? Ed. Peter Bearman, Kathryn Neckerman, and Leslie Wright. Columbia University Press, 2011, 256-289.

The Economics of Medical Care

Newhouse, Joseph P. "The Economics of Medical Care." Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine. Ed. Dan L. Longo, Anthony S. Fauci, Dennis L. Kasper, Stephen L. Hauser, J. Larry Jameson, and Joseph Loscalzo. McGraw Hill, 2011, e3.

Quality Adjustment for Healthcare Spending on Chronic Disease: Evidence from Diabetes Treatment, 1999-2009

Eggleston, Karen N., Nilay D. Shah, Steven A. Smith, Ernst R. Berndt, and Joseph P. Newhouse. "Quality Adjustment for Healthcare Spending on Chronic Disease: Evidence from Diabetes Treatment, 1999-2009." American Economic Review 101.3 (May 2011): 206–11.

Are Drugs Substitutes or Complements for Intensive (and Expensive) Medical Treatment

Zhang, Yuting, Joseph P. Newhouse and Katherine Baicker. "Are Drugs Substitutes or Complements for Intensive (and Expensive) Medical Treatment." American Economic Review 101.3 (May 2011): 393-397.

Incentive Formularies: Spending and Utilization for 3 Common Drug Classes

Landon, Bruce E., Meredith B. Rosenthal, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, Claire Spettell, Adam Lessler, Howard R. Underwood, and Joseph P. Newhouse. "Incentive Formularies: Spending and Utilization for 3 Common Drug Classes." American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits 3.3 (May-June 2011): 152-169.

The Pragmatist’s Guide to Comparative Effectiveness Research

Chandra, Amitabh, Anupam B. Jena, and Jonathan S. Skinner. "The Pragmatist’s Guide to Comparative Effectiveness Research." Journal of Economic Perspectives 25.2 (Spring 2011): 27–46.

The Sources of the SGR “Hole”

Alhassani, Ali, Michael Chernew, Amitabh Chandra. "The Sources of the SGR “Hole”." New England Journal of Medicine 366.4 (January 26, 2011): 289-291.

Accounting for Health and Health Care:
Approaches to Measuring the Sources and Costs of Their Improvement

Panel to Advance a Research Program on the Design of National Health Accounts, Joseph P. Newhouse, chair. Accounting for Health and Health Care: Approaches to Measuring the Sources and Costs of Their Improvement. National Academies Press, 2010.

Post-TRIPS Options for Access to Patented Medicines in Developing Nations

Scherer, F.M., and Jayashree Watal. "Post-TRIPS Options for Access to Patented Medicines in Developing Nations." Journal of International Economic Law 5.4 (December 2002): 913-939.