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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

This Works: Managing City Finances.

Eggers, William D., and Stephen Goldsmith. "This Works: Managing City Finances." Civic Bulletin, Center for Civic Innovation, Manhattan Institute, Issue No. 31, March 2003.

The 'Compassion' Factor.

Goldsmith, Stephen. "The 'Compassion' Factor." Wall Street Journal, January 29, 2003.

Local Problem Solving: Empowerment as a Path to Job Satisfaction.

Goldsmith, Stephen. "Local Problem Solving: Empowerment as a Path to Job Satisfaction." For the People: Can We Fix Public Service? Ed. John D. Donahue and Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Brookings Institution, 2003, 152-168.

Partnering for Public Value: New Approaches in Public Employee Labor-Management Relations.

Goldsmith, Stephen, and Mark E. Schneider. "Partnering for Public Value: New Approaches in Public Employee Labor-Management Relations." University of Pennsylvania Journal of Labor and Employment Law 5.3 (Spring 2003): 415-425.

Rejoinder to Ideology and Inner City Redevelopment: Conservative Activism.

Goldsmith, Stephen. "Rejoinder to Ideology and Inner City Redevelopment: Conservative Activism." Journal of Urban Affairs 25.1 (2003): 27-32.

Restructuring Labor-Management Relations to Improve Government Services.

Goldsmith, Stephen. "Restructuring Labor-Management Relations to Improve Government Services." Going Public: The Role of Labor-Management Relations in Delivering Quality Government Services. Ed. Jonathan Brock and David B. Lispsky. Industrial Relations Research Association Series, 2003, 107-123.

Joining Helpful Hands.

Goldsmith, Stephen. "Joining Helpful Hands." Washington Times, July 19, 2002.

“It’s Morning for AmeriCorp: Volunteers Mobilize.”

Goldsmith, Stephen. “It’s Morning for AmeriCorp: Volunteers Mobilize.” Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2002.

Putting Faith In Neighborhoods: Making Cities Work Through Grassroots Citizenship

Goldsmith, Stephen. Putting Faith In Neighborhoods: Making Cities Work Through Grassroots Citizenship. Hudson Institute, 2002.

Competing for Better Government.

Goldsmith, Stephen. "Competing for Better Government." New York Times, December 7, 2001.

Innovation in Government.

Goldsmith, Stephen. "Innovation in Government." Leading for Innovation. Ed. Frances Hesselbein, Marshall Goldsmith, and Iain Somerville. Jossey, 2001.