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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

Class Actions in the U.S. Experience: An Economist's Perception.

Scherer, F.M. "Class Actions in the U.S. Experience: An Economist's Perception." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-028, June 2007.

Afterword

Summers, Lawrence H. "Afterword." The New Comparative Economic History. Ed. Timothy J. Hatton, Kevin H. O'Rourke, and Alan M. Taylor. The MIT Press, 2007, 395-399.

On the Value of Formal Assessment of Uncertainty in Regulatory Analysis.

Jaffe, Judson, and Robert N. Stavins. "On the Value of Formal Assessment of Uncertainty in Regulatory Analysis." Regulation & Governance 1.2 (June 2007): 154-171.

Designing an Effective U.S. Climate Policy: Key Issues, Implications, and Tradeoffs.

Stavins, Robert N., Judson Jaffe, and Todd Schatzki. "Designing an Effective U.S. Climate Policy: Key Issues, Implications, and Tradeoffs." Working Paper, June 2007.

A Meaningful Second Commitment Period for the Kyoto Protocol.

Olmstead, Sheila M., and Robert N. Stavins. "A Meaningful Second Commitment Period for the Kyoto Protocol." The Economists' Voice 4.3 (June 2007).

Modularity and Product Innovation in Digital Markets.

Bourreau, Marc, Pinar Dogan, and Matthieu Manant. "Modularity and Product Innovation in Digital Markets." Review of Network Economics 6.2 (June 2007): 175-193.

Introduction to the Issue.

Stavins, Robert N., Carlo Carraro, and Charles Kolstad. "Introduction to the Issue." Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 1.2 (Summer 2007): 169-170.

Free GHG Cuts: Too Good to be True?

Stavins, Robert N. ""Free GHG Cuts: Too Good to be True?"." The Environmental Forum. May/June 2007.

Using Approximations to Competitors’ Private Information: An Application of Cognitive Costs to Strategic Behavior.

Lin, C.-Y. Cynthia, and Erich J. Muehlegger,. ""Using Approximations to Competitors’ Private Information: An Application of Cognitive Costs to Strategic Behavior."." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-025, May 2007.

Measuring Illegal Activity and the Effects of Regulatory Innovation: A Study of Diesel Fuel Tax Evasion.

Marion, Justin, and Erich J. Muehlegger. "Measuring Illegal Activity and the Effects of Regulatory Innovation: A Study of Diesel Fuel Tax Evasion." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-026, May 2007.

Practical Steps to Climate Control.

Summers, Lawrence H. "Practical Steps to Climate Control." Financial Times, May 28, 2007.

Acting in Time: Regulating Wholesale Electricity Markets

Hogan, William W. "Acting in Time: Regulating Wholesale Electricity Markets." Comments on Competition in Wholesale Power Markets. Submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, May 8, 2007.

Information Technology and the World Growth Resurgence.

Jorgenson, Dale W., and Khuong Vu. "Information Technology and the World Growth Resurgence." German Economic Review 8.2 (May 2007): 125-145.

Second-Best Theory and the Use of Multiple Policy Instruments.

Bennear, Lori Snyder, and Robert N. Stavins. "Second-Best Theory and the Use of Multiple Policy Instruments." Environmental and Resource Economics 37.1 (May 2007): 111-129.

We Need to Bring Climate Idealism down to Earth.

Summers, Lawrence H. "We Need to Bring Climate Idealism down to Earth." Financial Times, April 29, 2007.

Banking on Asia's Future.

Summers, Lawrence H. "Banking on Asia's Future." Wall Street Journal, April 25, 2007.

Creditors' Losses versus Debt Relief: Results from A Decade of Sovereign Debt Crisis.

Sturzenegger, Federico, and Jeromin Zettelmeyer. "Creditors' Losses versus Debt Relief: Results from A Decade of Sovereign Debt Crisis." Journal of the European Economic Association 5.2-3 (April-May 2007): 343-351.

Managing the Quality of a Resource with Stock and Flow Controls.

Keohane, Nathaniel, Benjamin Van Roy, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Managing the Quality of a Resource with Stock and Flow Controls." Journal of Public Economics 91.3-4 (April 2007): 541-569.

Towards a New Asian Development Bank in a New Asia.

Panitchpakdi, Supachai (Chair), Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Nobuyuki Idei, Caio Koch-Weser, Justin Yifu Lin, and Lawrence H. Summers. "Towards a New Asian Development Bank in a New Asia." Report of the Eminent Persons Group to the President of the Asian Development Bank, April 2, 2007.

Preface

Jorgenson, Dale W. "Preface." Clearing the Air: The Health and Economic Damages of Air Pollution in China. Ed. Mun S. Ho and Chris P. Nielsen. The MIT Press, April 2007, vii-xii.

Policies to Control Air Pollution Damages

Ho, Mun S., and Dale W. Jorgenson. "Policies to Control Air Pollution Damages." Clearing the Air: The Health and Economic Damages of Air Pollution in China. Ed. Mun S. Ho and Chris P. Nielsen. The MIT Press, April 2007, 331-372.

Status and Distrust: The Relevance of Inequality and Betrayal Aversion.

Hong, Kessely, and Iris Bohnet. "Status and Distrust: The Relevance of Inequality and Betrayal Aversion." Journal of Economic Psychology 28.2 (April 2007): 197-213.

The New Market for Federal Judicial Law Clerks.

Avery, Christopher, Christine Jolls, Richard Posner, and Alvin E. Roth. "The New Market for Federal Judicial Law Clerks." University of Chicago Law Review 74.2 (Spring 2007): 447-486.

Gender Matters in Workplace Decisions.

Bohnet, Iris, and Fiona Greig. "Gender Matters in Workplace Decisions." Negotiation 10.4 (April 2007): 4-6.

South Africa: Macroeconomic Challenges after a Decade of Success.

Frankel, Jeffrey A., Ben Smit, and Federico Sturzenegger. "South Africa: Macroeconomic Challenges after a Decade of Success." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-021, April 2007.

Tradable Permits: Fly in the Ointment?

Stavins, Robert N. ""Tradable Permits: Fly in the Ointment?"." The Environmental Forum. March/April 2007.

A President with a Purpose.

Porter, Roger. "A President with a Purpose." Harvard Magazine (March/April 2007).

Good Programs vs. Bad Apples.

Zeckhauser, Richard. "Good Programs vs. Bad Apples." Boston Globe, March 26, 2007.

Too Good to Be True? An Examination of Three Economic Assessments of California Climate Change Policy.

Stavins, Robert N., Judson Jaffe, and Todd Schatzki. "Too Good to Be True? An Examination of Three Economic Assessments of California Climate Change Policy." AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, Resources for the Future, NBER, KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-016, 2007.

As America Falters, Policymakers Must Look Ahead.

Summers, Lawrence H. "As America Falters, Policymakers Must Look Ahead." Financial Times, March 25, 2007.

Regulation by Generalization.

Schauer, Frederick, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Regulation by Generalization." Regulation and Governance 1.1 (2007): 68-87.

History Holds Lessons for China and its Partners.

Summers, Lawrence H. "History Holds Lessons for China and its Partners." Financial Times, February 25, 2007.

Paltering.

Schauer, Frederick, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Paltering." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-006, February 2007.

Investing in the Unknown and the Unknowable.

Zeckhauser, Richard. "Investing in the Unknown and the Unknowable." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-005, February 2007.

Pharmaceutical Innovation.

Scherer, F.M. "Pharmaceutical Innovation." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-004, February 2007.

Essential Drugs.

Scherer, F.M. "Essential Drugs." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-003, February 2007.

Institutions and Trust: Implications for Preferences, Beliefs and Behavior.

Bohnet, Iris, and Yael Baytelman. "Institutions and Trust: Implications for Preferences, Beliefs and Behavior." Rationality and Society 19.1 (February 2007): 99-135.

Policies Can Work in Strange Ways.

Stavins, Robert N. ""Policies Can Work in Strange Ways."." The Environmental Forum. January/February 2007.

America Must Not Surrender its Lead in Life Sciences.

Summers, Lawrence H. "America Must Not Surrender its Lead in Life Sciences." Financial Times, January 28, 2007.

Corporate Structure and the Financial Support of U.S. Symphony Orchestras.

Scherer, F.M. "Corporate Structure and the Financial Support of U.S. Symphony Orchestras." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP07-002, January 2007.

Synthetic Control Methods for Comparative Case Studies: Estimating the Effect of California's Tobacco Control Program.

Abadie, Alberto, Alexis Diamond, and Jens Hainmueller. "Synthetic Control Methods for Comparative Case Studies: Estimating the Effect of California's Tobacco Control Program." NBER Technical Working Papers, NBER Working Papers (t0335 and w12831), January 2007.

A Deserving President.

Porter, Roger. "A Deserving President." Washington Times, January 3, 2007.

Regionalism and the World Trading System

Summers, Lawrence H. "Regionalism and the World Trading System." The WTO and Reciprocal Preferential Trading Agreements. Ed. Caroline Freund. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007, 421-427.

Productivity in Asia: Economic Growth and Competitiveness

Jorgenson, Dale W., Masahiro Kuroda, and Kazuyuki Motohashi., eds. Productivity in Asia: Economic Growth and Competitiveness. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007.

Review of Tasting Pleasure: Confessions of a Wine Lover

Stavins, Robert N. Review of Tasting Pleasure: Confessions of a Wine Lover, by Jancis Robinson. Journal of Wine Economics, 2.1, Spring 2007: 106-108.

“Market-based Transmission Investments and Competitive Electricity Markets.

Hogan, William W. "“Market-based Transmission Investments and Competitive Electricity Markets."." Electric Choices: Deregulation and the Future of Electric Power. Ed. Andrew N. Kleit. Independent Institute and Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007.

The Importance of Default Options for Retirement Saving Outcomes: Evidence from the United States.

Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian. "The Importance of Default Options for Retirement Saving Outcomes: Evidence from the United States." Lessons from Pension Reform in the Americas. Ed. Stephen J. Kay and Tapen Sinha. Oxford University Press, 2007.

The U.S. Health Care System and Labor Markets.

Madrian, Brigitte. "The U.S. Health Care System and Labor Markets." Wanting It All: The Challenge of Reforming the U.S. Health Care System. Ed. Jane Sneddon. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 2007, 137-163.

A Retrospective Look at the U.S. Productivity Growth Resurgence.

Jorgenson, Dale W., Mun S. Ho, and Kevin J. Stiroh. "A Retrospective Look at the U.S. Productivity Growth Resurgence." Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Staff Reports 277, 2007.

Architectures for an International Global Climate Change Agreement: Lessons for Policy Community.

Aldy, Joseph E., and Robert N. Stavins. "Architectures for an International Global Climate Change Agreement: Lessons for Policy Community." Architectures for Agreement: Addressing Global Climate Change in the Post-Kyoto World. Ed. Joseph E. Aldy and Robert N. Stavins. Cambridge University Press, 2007, 350-367.