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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.

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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.

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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

Democracy and Catholic Christianity in America.

Bane, Mary Jo. "Democracy and Catholic Christianity in America." Christianity and American Democracy. Ed. Hugh Heclo. Harvard University Press, 2007.

Race, Poverty and Public Policy.

Bane, Mary Jo. "Race, Poverty and Public Policy." Journal of Catholic Social Thought 3.1 (Winter 2006): 79-96.

The Catholic Puzzle: Parishes and Civic Life.

Bane, Mary Jo. "The Catholic Puzzle: Parishes and Civic Life." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP05-036, May 2005.

Poverty and Place in North America.

Bane, Mary Jo, and Rene Zenteno. "Poverty and Place in North America." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP05-035, April 2005.

Race, Poverty and Public Policy.

Bane, Mary Jo. "Race, Poverty and Public Policy." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP05-030, March 2005.

The Catholic Puzzle: Parishes and Civic Life.

Bane, Mary Jo. "The Catholic Puzzle: Parishes and Civic Life." Taking Faith Seriously. Ed. Mary Jo Bane, Brent Coffin, and Richard Higgins. Harvard University Press, 2005, 63-93.

Taking Faith Seriously

Bane, Mary Jo, Brent Coffin, and Richard Higgins, eds. Taking Faith Seriously. Harvard University Press, 2005.

Voice and Loyalty in the Church: The People of God, Politics and Management.

Bane, Mary Jo. "Voice and Loyalty in the Church: The People of God, Politics and Management." Common Calling: The Laity and Governance of the Catholic Church. Ed. Stephen J. Pope. Georgetown University Press, 2004.

Pro-life, Pro-family, Pro-poor.

Bane, Mary Jo. "Pro-life, Pro-family, Pro-poor." American Catholics and Civic Engagement: A Distinctive Voice. Ed. Margaret O'Brien Steinfels. Rowman & Littlefield, 2004.

Lifting Up the Poor: A Dialogue on Religion, Poverty, & Welfare Reform

Bane, Mary Jo, and Lawrence M. Mead. Lifting Up the Poor: A Dialogue on Religion, Poverty, & Welfare Reform. Brookings Institution, 2003.

Law and Disorder: Boston's Priest-Pedophile Crisis.

Bane, Mary Jo. "Law and Disorder: Boston's Priest-Pedophile Crisis." Commonweal, CXXIX.5, March 8, 2002.

Priests and Pedophilia.

Bane, Mary Jo. "Priests and Pedophilia." Commonweal, CXXIX.5, March 8, 2002.

A Challenge to Lay Catholics.

Bane, Mary Jo. "A Challenge to Lay Catholics." Boston Globe, February 3, 2002.

Exit, Voice, and Loyalty in the Church.

Bane, Mary Jo. "Exit, Voice, and Loyalty in the Church." America June 3-10, 2002.

Expertise, Advocacy, and Deliberation: Lessons from Welfare Reform.

Bane, Mary Jo. "Expertise, Advocacy, and Deliberation: Lessons from Welfare Reform." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (April 2001).

Compassion in Action.

Massaro, Thomas J., and Mary Jo Bane. "Compassion in Action." America March 12, 2001.

Social Science, Christian Ethics and Democratic Politics: Issues of Poverty and Welfare.

Bane, Mary Jo. ""Social Science, Christian Ethics and Democratic Politics: Issues of Poverty and Welfare."." Annals of the Society of Christian Ethics 21 (2001): 25-37.

Body (Re)Building

Bane, Mary Jo. "Body (Re)Building." Review of Dry Bones Rattling: Community Building to Revitalize American Democracy, by Mark R. Warren. America, 185.14 November 5, 2001.