Faculty Publications

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

We Need a Philosophy Behind Immigration.

Borjas, George. "We Need a Philosophy Behind Immigration." Newsday, January 2, 2002.

National Origin and the Skills of Immigrants in the Postwar Period.

Borjas, George. "National Origin and the Skills of Immigrants in the Postwar Period." The Economics of Migration (Vol. III). Ed. Klaus F. Zimmermann and Thomas K. Bauer. Edward Elgar, 2002, 39-69.

The Economic Benefits from Immigration.

Borjas, George. "The Economic Benefits from Immigration." The Economics of Migration (Vol. IV). Ed. Klaus F. Zimmermann and Thomas K. Bauer. Edward Elgar, 2002, 103-122.

Who Leaves? The Outmigration of the Foreign-Born.

Borjas, George, and Bernt Bratsberg. "Who Leaves? The Outmigration of the Foreign-Born." The Economics of Migration (Vol. I). Ed. Klaus F. Zimmermann and Thomas K. Bauer. Edward Elgar, 2002, 270-281.

How Much Do Immigration and Trade Affect Labor Market Outcomes?

Borjas, George, Richard B. Freeman, and Lawrence F. Katz. "How Much Do Immigration and Trade Affect Labor Market Outcomes?" The Economics of Migration (Vol. IV). Ed. Klaus F. Zimmermann and Thomas K. Bauer. Edward Elgar, 2002, 218-289.

Immigration and the Family.

Borjas, George, and Stephen G. Bronars. "Immigration and the Family." The Economics of Migration (Vol. I). Ed. Klaus F. Zimmermanm and Thomas K. Bauer. Edward Elgar, 2002.

Assimilation, Changes in Cohort Quality, and the Earnings of Immigrants

Borjas, George. "Assimilation, Changes in Cohort Quality, and the Earnings of Immigrants." The Economics of Migration (Vol. II). Ed. Klaus F. Zimmermann and Thomas K. Bauer. Edward Elgar, 2002.

Self-Selection and the Earnings of Immigrants.

Borjas, George. "Self-Selection and the Earnings of Immigrants." The Economics of Migration (Vol. II). Ed. Klaus F. Zimmermann and Thomas K. Bauer. Edward Elgar, 2002.

The Self-Employment Experience of Immigrants.

Borjas, George. "The Self-Employment Experience of Immigrants." The Economics of Migration (Vol. III). Ed. Klaus F. Zimmermann and Thomas K. Bauer. Edward Elgar, 2002.

Immigrant Participation in the Welfare System.

Borjas, George, and Stephen J. Trejo. "Immigrant Participation in the Welfare System." The Economics of Migration (Vol. III). Ed. Klaus F. Zimmermann and Thomas K. Bauer. Edward Elgar, 2002.

Immigration and the Welfare State: Immigrant Participation in Means-tested Entitlement Programs.

Borjas, George, and Lynette Hilton. "Immigration and the Welfare State: Immigrant Participation in Means-tested Entitlement Programs." The Economics of Migration (Vol. III). Ed. Klaus F. Zimmermann and Thomas K. Bauer. Edward Elgar, 2002, 408-437.

The Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants.

Borjas, George. "The Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants." The Economics of Migration (Vol. III). Ed. Klaus F. Zimmermann and Thomas K. Bauer. Edward Elgar, 2002.

“Recursos Públicos y Educación en los Años Noventa.”

Borjas, George and Olga Lucía Acosta. “Recursos Públicos y Educación en los Años Noventa.” Reformas Institucionales en Colombia. Ed. Alberto Alesina. Alfaomega Grupo Editor, 2002, 169-199.

“Immigrazione Qualificata e Ricongiungimento Familiare: l’experienza degli Stati Uniti.”

Borjas, George. “Immigrazione Qualificata e Ricongiungimento Familiare: l’experienza degli Stati Uniti.” Conflitti, Migrazioni e Diritti dell’Uomo. Ed. Maurice Aymard and Fabrizio Barca. Rubbettino Editore, 2002, 213-221.

The Impact of Welfare Reform on Immigrant Welfare Use.

Borjas, George. "The Impact of Welfare Reform on Immigrant Welfare Use." Center for Immigration Studies, Washington, DC, 2002.

An Evaluation of the Foreign Student Program.

Borjas, George. "An Evaluation of the Foreign Student Program." Center for Immigration Studies, Washington, DC, 2002.

Comment on Immigration and the U.S. Economy: Labour-Market Impacts, Illegal Entry, and Policy Choices

Borjas, George. Review of Immigration and the U.S. Economy: Labour-Market Impacts, Illegal Entry, and Policy Choices, by Gordon H. Hanson, Kenneth F. Scheve, Matthew J. Slaughter, and Antonio Spilimbergo. ed. Tito Boeri, Gordon Hanson, and Barry McCormick. Oxford University Press, 2002.

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