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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

Prepared Testimony on “Economic Disparities and the Economic Challenges Facing American Families”

Furman, Jason. "Prepared Testimony on “Economic Disparities and the Economic Challenges Facing American Families”." Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth, 07/29/2021.

Testimony on the Elimination of Fossil Fuel Subsidies to the US Subcommittee on the Environment

Aldy, Joseph. "Testimony on the Elimination of Fossil Fuel Subsidies to the US Subcommittee on the Environment." US House Oversight Committee, April 22, 2021.

The Unemployment Pandemic: Addressing America’s Jobs Crisis

Furman, Jason. "The Unemployment Pandemic: Addressing America’s Jobs Crisis." Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, June 18, 2020.

The Disappearing Corporate Income Tax

Furman, Jason. "The Disappearing Corporate Income Tax." U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means, February 11, 2020.

Testimony to Hearing on ‘Market Concentration’

Furman, Jason. "Testimony to Hearing on ‘Market Concentration’." Testimony before the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, June 7, 2018.

The Federal Reserve's Impact on Main Street, Retirees, and Savings

Dynan, Karen. "The Federal Reserve's Impact on Main Street, Retirees, and Savings." Testimony before the Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committe, June 28, 2017.

Testimony in Support of a National Veterans' Trust Fund

Bilmes, Linda J. "Testimony in Support of a National Veterans' Trust Fund." Veterans Affairs Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, September 18, 2013.

The Fiscal and Economic Effects of Austerity

Summers, Lawrence H. "The Fiscal and Economic Effects of Austerity." Testimony to the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, June 4, 2013.

Brief of Robert L. Bordick, Joseph Bowring, James Bushnell, and 18 Other Leading Economists as Amici Curiae in Support of the Petitioners

Hogan, William W. "Brief of Robert L. Bordick, Joseph Bowring, James Bushnell, and 18 Other Leading Economists as Amici Curiae in Support of the Petitioners." United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, October 25, 2012.

Demand Response Compensation, Net Benefits and Cost Allocation: Preliminary Comments

Hogan, William W. "Demand Response Compensation, Net Benefits and Cost Allocation: Preliminary Comments." Testimony to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Technical Conference, Docket RM10-17-000, September 13, 2010.

Scarcity Pricing and Locational Operating Demand Curves

Hogan, William W. "Scarcity Pricing and Locational Operating Demand Curves." Testimony to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Technical Conference on Unit Commitment Software, June 2, 2010.

Demand Response Pricing in Organized Wholesale Markets

Hogan, William W. "Demand Response Pricing in Organized Wholesale Markets." IRC Comments, Demand Response Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Docket RM10-17-000, May 13, 2010.

Implications for Consumers of the NOPR’s Proposal to Pay the
LMP for All Demand Response

Hogan, William W. "Implications for Consumers of the NOPR’s Proposal to Pay the LMP for All Demand Response." EPSA Comments, Demand Response Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, May 12, 2010.

The Audacity of Partnership

Goldsmith, Stephen. "The Audacity of Partnership." National Quality Improvement Center on the Privatization of Child Welfare Services, August 12, 2009.