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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.

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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

A Trillion-Dollar Geography Lesson

Baicker, Katherine, and Amitabh Chandra. "A Trillion-Dollar Geography Lesson." Health Affairs 28.5 (September/October 2009): 1448-1451.

Review of Medical Research for Hire: The Political Economy of Pharmaceutical Clinical Trials

Ruggie, Mary. Review of Medical Research for Hire: The Political Economy of Pharmaceutical Clinical Trials, by Jill A. Fisher. Contemporary Sociology, 38.5, September 2009: 435-436.

The Effect of Medicare Part D on Drug and Medical Spending

Zhang, Yuting, Julie M. Donohue, Judith R. Lave, Gerald O'Donnell, and Joseph P. Newhouse. "The Effect of Medicare Part D on Drug and Medical Spending." New England Journal of Medicine 361.1 (July 2, 2009): 52-61.

High-Deductible Health Insurance Plans: Efforts To Sharpen A Blunt Instrument

Reed, Mary, Vicki Fung, Mary Price, Richard Brand, Nancy Benedetti, Stephen F. Derose, Joseph Newhouse, and John Hsu. "High-Deductible Health Insurance Plans: Efforts To Sharpen A Blunt Instrument." Health Affairs 28.4 (July/August 2009): 1145-1154.

Hospital Quality And Intensity Of Spending: Is There An Association?

Yasaitis, Laura, Elliott S. Fisher, Jonathan S. Skinner, and Amitabh Chandra. "Hospital Quality And Intensity Of Spending: Is There An Association?" Health Affairs 28.4 (July-August 2009): 566-572.

Discrimination, Disability and Irrelevant Goods

Kamm, Frances. "Discrimination, Disability and Irrelevant Goods." Disability and Disadvantage. Ed. Kimberley Brownlee and Adam Cureton. Oxford University Press, 2009.

Criminal Prosecution as a Deterrent to Health Care Fraud

Sparrow, Malcolm K. "Criminal Prosecution as a Deterrent to Health Care Fraud." Testimony to the Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, U.S. Senate, May 20, 2009.

Approaches to Estimating the Health State Dependence of the Utility Function

Finkelstein, Amy, Erzo F.P. Luttmer, and Matthew J. Notowidigdo. "Approaches to Estimating the Health State Dependence of the Utility Function." American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings 99.2 (May 2009): 116-121.

Review of A Death Retold: Jesica Santillan, the Bungled Transplant, and Paradoxes of Medical Citizenship

Ruggie, Mary. Review of A Death Retold: Jesica Santillan, the Bungled Transplant, and Paradoxes of Medical Citizenship, ed. Keith Wailoo, Julie Livingston, and Peter Guarnaccia. American Journal of Sociology, 114.6, May 2009: 1903-1905.

Toward a 21st Century Health Care System: Recommendations for Health Care Reform

Arrow, Kenneth J., Alan Auerbach, John Bertko, Shannon Brownlee, Lawrence Casalino, Jim Cooper, Francis J. Crosson, Alain Enthoven, Elizabeth Falcone, Robert C. Feldman, Victor R. Fuchs, Alan M. Garber, Marthe R. Gold, Dana Goldman, Gillian K. Hadfield, Mark A. Hall, Ralph I. Horwitz, Michael Hooven, Peter D. Jacobson, Timothy S. Jost, Lawrence J. Kotlikoff, Jonathan Levin, Sharon Levine, Richard Levy, Karen Linscott, Har. "Toward a 21st Century Health Care System: Recommendations for Health Care Reform." Annals of Internal Medicine 150.7 (April 7, 2009): 493-495.

Why Do Europeans Smoke More than Americans?

Cutler, David M., and Edward L. Glaeser. Why Do Europeans Smoke More than Americans? Developments in the Economics of Aging. Ed. David A. Wise. National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report Series, University of Chicago Press, 2009, 255-282.

Comment: Health and Well-Being in Udaipur and South Africa

Chandra, Amitabh. "Comment: Health and Well-Being in Udaipur and South Africa." Developments in the Economics of Aging. Ed. David A. Wise. National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report Series, University of Chicago Press, 2009.

The Effects of the Coverage Gap on Drug Spending: A Closer Look at Medicare Part D

Zhang, Yuting, Julie Marie Donohue, Joseph P. Newhouse, and Judith R. Lave. "The Effects of the Coverage Gap on Drug Spending: A Closer Look at Medicare Part D." Health Affairs 28.2 (February 2009): 317-325.

Health at Older Ages: The Causes and Consequences of Declining Disability among the Elderly

Cutler, David M., and David A. Wise, eds. Health at Older Ages: The Causes and Consequences of Declining Disability among the Elderly. National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report Series, University of Chicago Press, 2009.

Elapsed Time in Emergency Medical Services for Patients With Cardiac Complaints

Concannon, Thomas W., John L. Griffith, David M. Kent, Sharon-Lise Normand, Joseph P. Newhouse, James Atkins, Joni R. Beshansky, and Harry P. Selker. "Elapsed Time in Emergency Medical Services for Patients With Cardiac Complaints." Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 2 (January 2009): 9-15.

Distributing $800 Billion: An Early Assessment Of Medicare Part D Risk Adjustment

Hsu, John, Jie Huang, Vicki Fung, Mary Price, Richard Brand, Rita Hui, Bruce Fireman, William Dow, John Bertko, and Joseph P. Newhouse. "Distributing $800 Billion: An Early Assessment Of Medicare Part D Risk Adjustment." Health Affairs 28.1 (January/February 2009): 215-225.

Cooper's Analysis Is Incorrect

Baicker, Katherine, and Amitabh Chandra. "Cooper's Analysis Is Incorrect." Health Affairs 28.1 (January/February 2009): 116-118.

The Elusive Connection Between Health Care Spending And Quality

Skinner, Jonathan, Amitabh Chandra, David Goodman, and Elliot S. Fisher. "The Elusive Connection Between Health Care Spending And Quality." Health Affairs 28.1 (January/February 2009): 119-123.

Eliminating the Individual Mandate Penalty in California: Harmful but Non-Fatal Changes in Enrollment And Premiums

Hsu, John, Vicki Fung, Michael E. Chernew, Alan M. Zaslavsky, William Dow, and Joseph P. Newhouse. "Eliminating the Individual Mandate Penalty in California: Harmful but Non-Fatal Changes in Enrollment And Premiums." Health Affairs, March 1, 2018.

Is Spending More Always Wasteful? The Appropriateness of Care and Outcomes Among Colorectal Cancer Patients.

Landrum, Mary Beth, Ellen R. Meara, Amitabh Chandra, Edward Guadagnoli, and Nancy L. Keating. "Is Spending More Always Wasteful? The Appropriateness of Care and Outcomes Among Colorectal Cancer Patients." Health Affairs 27.1 (January/February 2008): 159-168.

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.