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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

Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: Human-Based Versus Algorithmic-Based Perceptions, Treatments, and Guidelines

Boloori, Alireza, Soroush Saghafian, and Stephen J. Traub. "Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: Human-Based Versus Algorithmic-Based Perceptions, Treatments, and Guidelines." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP22-026, December 2022.

Algorithm, Human, or the Centaur: How to Enhance Clinical Care?

Orfanoudaki, Agni, Soroush Saghafian, Karen Song, Harini A. Chakkera, and Curtiss B. Cook. "Algorithm, Human, or the Centaur: How to Enhance Clinical Care?" vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP22-027, December 2022.

Challenges of effective governance for sustainable development at subnational government levels: introduction to this thematic issue of Public Sector Economics

Aiyar, Yamini, Rolf Alter, and Linda J. Bilmes. "Challenges of effective governance for sustainable development at subnational government levels: introduction to this thematic issue of Public Sector Economics." Public Sector Economics Journal (December 2022): 456-458.

Use of smartphone mobility data to analyze city park visits during the COVID-19 pandemic

Jay, Jonathan, Felicia Heykoop, Linda Hwang, Jorrit de Jong, and Michelle Kondo. "Use of smartphone mobility data to analyze city park visits during the COVID-19 pandemic." Landscape and Urban Planning 228 (December 2022): 104554.

Entry Points: Gaining Momentum in Early-Stage Cross-Boundary Collaborations

Martínez Orbegozo, Eva Flavia, Jorrit de Jong, Hannah Riley Bowles, Amy Edmondson, Anahide Nahhal, and Lisa Cox. "Entry Points: Gaining Momentum in Early-Stage Cross-Boundary Collaborations." The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 58.4 (December 2022): 595-645.

Leadership & overconfidence

Moore, Don A., and Max H. Bazerman. "Leadership & overconfidence." Behavioral Science & Policy 8.2 (2022): 59-69.

A tale of two Americas: Socio-economic mobility gaps within and across American cities before and during the pandemic

Sevtsuk, Andres, Rounaq Basu, Dylan Halpern, Anne Hudson, Kloe Ng, and Jorrit de Jong. "A tale of two Americas: Socio-economic mobility gaps within and across American cities before and during the pandemic." Cities 131 (December 2022): 104006.

The Impact of Vertical Integration on Physician Behavior and Healthcare Delivery: Evidence from Gastroenterology Practices

Saghafian, Soroush, Linda D. Song, Joseph P. Newhouse, Mary Beth Landrum, and John Hsu. "The Impact of Vertical Integration on Physician Behavior and Healthcare Delivery: Evidence from Gastroenterology Practices." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP20-031, November 2022.

Complicit: How We Enable the Unethical and How to Stop

Bazerman, Max H. Complicit: How We Enable the Unethical and How to Stop. Princeton University Press, 2022.

Authentic leader(ship) development and leaders' psychological well-being: an outcome-wide analysis

Yemiscigil, Ayse, Dana Born, Scott Snook, and Emily Pate. "Authentic leader(ship) development and leaders' psychological well-being: an outcome-wide analysis." Leadership & Organization Development Journal 43.8 (2022): 1287-1307.

Can Nudges Increase Take-Up of the EITC? Evidence from Multiple Field Experiments

Linos, Elizabeth, Allen Prohofsky, Aparna Ramesh, Jesse Rothstein, and Matthew Unrath. "Can Nudges Increase Take-Up of the EITC? Evidence from Multiple Field Experiments." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 14.4 (November 2022): 432-452.

Implementing Digital Infrastructure Responses to Equity, Sustainability, and Safety

Goldsmith, Stephen, and Betsy Gardner. "Implementing Digital Infrastructure Responses to Equity, Sustainability, and Safety." Data-Smart City Solutions, November 2022.

Signals of value drive engagement with multi-round information interventions

Lasky-Fink, Jessica, and Todd Rogers. "Signals of value drive engagement with multi-round information interventions." PLOS One 17.10 (October 2022): e0276072.

How Something as Simple as a Speeding Ticket can Worsen Inequities

Goldsmith, Stephen. "How Something as Simple as a Speeding Ticket can Worsen Inequities." Boston Globe, October 19, 2022.

The Responsive City Cycle

Goldsmith, Stephen, and Betsy Gardner. "The Responsive City Cycle." Data-Smart City Solutions, October 2022.

Underestimating Counterparts’ Learning Goals Impairs Conflictual Conversations

Collins, Hanne K., Charles A. Dorison, Francesca Gino, and Julia A. Minson. "Underestimating Counterparts’ Learning Goals Impairs Conflictual Conversations." Psychological Science 33.10 (October 2022): 1732-1752.

Why is exposure to opposing views aversive? Reconciling three theoretical perspectives

Minson, Julia, and Charles A. Dorison. "Why is exposure to opposing views aversive? Reconciling three theoretical perspectives." Current Opinion in Psychology 47 (October 2022): 101435.

In COVID-19 Health Messaging, Loss Framing Increases Anxiety with Little-to-No Concomitant Benefits: Experimental Evidence from 84 Countries

Dorison, Charles A., Jennifer S. Lerner, et al. "In COVID-19 Health Messaging, Loss Framing Increases Anxiety with Little-to-No Concomitant Benefits: Experimental Evidence from 84 Countries." Affective Science 3 (September 2022): 577-602.

Dynamic Assignment of Patients to Primary and Secondary Inpatient Units: Is Patience a Virtue?

Saghafian, Soroush, Derya Kilinc, and Stephen J. Traub. "Dynamic Assignment of Patients to Primary and Secondary Inpatient Units: Is Patience a Virtue?" vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP17-010, August 2022.

Why Management Schools May Never Change: Insights from the Early Years at Yale School of Management

O'Brien, Timothy. "Why Management Schools May Never Change: Insights from the Early Years at Yale School of Management." Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings 2022.1 (August 2022).

Gender and Leadership: Exploring Novel Questions, Theories, and Boundary Conditions

Carnevale, Joel B., Rachael Goodwin, Hannah Riley Bowles, Jennifer R. Overbeck, Siting Wang, Lei Huang, Zhi Liu, Lin Wang, Mo Wang, Ying Wang, Lingtao Yu and Michael James Zyphur. "Gender and Leadership: Exploring Novel Questions, Theories, and Boundary Conditions." Academy of Management Proceedings 2022.1 (August 2022).

Resolving Barriers to Entrepreneurship: Implications for Socio-economic Development

Agarwal, Aparajita, Audra Wormald, Anita McGahan, Aparajita Agarwal, Andrea Coali, Charles Eric Eesley, Matthew Lee, Arzi Adbi, Francesca Bacco, Wesley Wu-Yi Koo, Devanshee Shukla, Jasjit Singh, Audra Wormald, and Tyler Wry. "Resolving Barriers to Entrepreneurship: Implications for Socio-economic Development." Academy of Management Proceedings 2022.1 (2022).

Reducing Burnout and Resignations among Frontline Workers: A Field Experiment

Linos, Elizabeth, Krista Ruffini, and Stephanie Wilcoxen. "Reducing Burnout and Resignations among Frontline Workers: A Field Experiment." Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 32.3 (July 2022): 473-488.

Impact of Sexual Harassment and Social Support on Burnout in Physician Mothers

Linos, Elizabeth, Jessica Lasky-Fink, Meghan Halley, Urmimala Sarkar, Christina Mangurian, Hala Sabry, Eleni Linos, and Reshma Jagsi. "Impact of Sexual Harassment and Social Support on Burnout in Physician Mothers." Journal of Women's Health 31.7 (July 2022): 932-940.

Bottlenecks for Evidence Adoption

DellaVigna, Stefano, Woojin Kim, and Elizabeth Linos. "Bottlenecks for Evidence Adoption." NBER Working Paper Series, June 2022.

When Governments Use Nudges: Measuring Impact “At Scale”

Linos, Elizabeth. "When Governments Use Nudges: Measuring Impact “At Scale”." Behavioral Science in the Wild. Ed. Nina Mažar and Dilip Soman. University of Toronto Press, 2022, 20-28.

Hearts Touched with Fire: How Great Leaders are Made

Gergen, David. Hearts Touched with Fire: How Great Leaders are Made. Simon and Schuster, 2022.

Democratize Work: The Case for Reorganizing the Economy

Ferreras, Isabelle, Julie Battilana, and Dominique Méda. Democratize Work: The Case for Reorganizing the Economy. University of Chicago Press, 2022.

Effects of demolishing abandoned buildings on firearm violence: a moderation analysis using aerial imagery and deep learning

Jay, Jonathan, Jorrit de Jong, Marcia P Jimenez, Quynh Nguyen, and Jason Goldstick. "Effects of demolishing abandoned buildings on firearm violence: a moderation analysis using aerial imagery and deep learning." Injury Prevention 28 (May 2022): 249-255.

Receptiveness to Opposing Views: Conceptualization and Integrative Review

Minson, Julia, and Frances S. Chen. "Receptiveness to Opposing Views: Conceptualization and Integrative Review." Personality and Social Psychology Review 26.2 (May 2022): 93-111.

You can’t handle the truth! Conflict counterparts over-estimate each other’s feelings of self-threat

Dorison, Charles A., and Julia A. Minson. "You can’t handle the truth! Conflict counterparts over-estimate each other’s feelings of self-threat." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 170 (May 2022): 104147.

Psychological shortcomings to optimal negotiation behavior: Intrapersonal and interpersonal challenges

Jeong, Martha, Julia Minson, and Francesca Gino. "Psychological shortcomings to optimal negotiation behavior: Intrapersonal and interpersonal challenges." Social psychology: Handbook of basic principles. Ed. Paul A. M. Van Lange, E. Tory Higgins, and Arie W. Kruglanski. The Guilford Press, 2022, 532–544.

Beyond Shareholder Value Maximization: Accounting for Financial/Social Trade-Offs in Dual-Purpose Companies

Battilana, Julie, Tomasz Obloj, Anne-Claire Pache, and Metin Sengul. "Beyond Shareholder Value Maximization: Accounting for Financial/Social Trade-Offs in Dual-Purpose Companies." Academy of Management Review 47.2 (April 2022): 237-258.

Redirecting Rawlsian Reasoning Toward the Greater Good

Greene, Joshua D., Karen Huang, and Max Bazerman. "Redirecting Rawlsian Reasoning Toward the Greater Good." The Oxford Handbook of Moral Psychology. Ed. Manuel Vargas, and John M. Doris. Oxford University Press, 2022, 246-261.

Leading with Intentionality: The 4P Framework for Strategic Leadership

Wilkinson, Robert, and Kimberlyn Leary. "Leading with Intentionality: The 4P Framework for Strategic Leadership." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP20-029, April 2022.

Decision Leadership: Empowering Others to Make Better Choices

Moore, Don A., and Max H. Bazerman. Decision Leadership: Empowering Others to Make Better Choices. Yale University Press, 2022.

The (Missing?) Role of Institutions in Behavioral Public Administration

Bertelli, Anthony, Norma Riccucci, Paola Canterelli, Maria Cucciniello, Christian Grose, Peter John, Elizabeth Linos, Anjali Thomas, and Martin Williams. "The (Missing?) Role of Institutions in Behavioral Public Administration." Journal of Behavioral Public Administration 5.1 (April 2022): 1-25.

When Perceptions of Public Service Harms the Public Servant: Predictors of Burnout and Compassion Fatigue in Government

Sciepura, Brenda, and Elizabeth Linos. "When Perceptions of Public Service Harms the Public Servant: Predictors of Burnout and Compassion Fatigue in Government." Review of Public Personnel Administration (April 2022).

Staying the course: Decision makers who escalate commitment are trusted and trustworthy

Dorison, Charles A., Christopher K. Umphres, and Jennifer S. Lerner. "Staying the course: Decision makers who escalate commitment are trusted and trustworthy." Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 151.4 (April 2022): 960-965.

Towards a more efficient healthcare system: Opportunities and challenges caused by hospital closures amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Saghafian, Soroush, Lina D. Song, and Ali S. Raja. "Towards a more efficient healthcare system: Opportunities and challenges caused by hospital closures amid the COVID-19 pandemic." Health Care Management Science 25 (June 2022).

Parent Engagement Interventions Are Not Costless: Opportunity Cost and Crowd Out of Parental Investment

Robinson, Carly D., Raj Chande, Simon Burgess, and Todd Rogers. "Parent Engagement Interventions Are Not Costless: Opportunity Cost and Crowd Out of Parental Investment." Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 44.1 (March 2022): 170-177.

Demystifying college costs: how nudges can and can't help

Linos, Elizabeth, Vikash Reddy, and Jesse Rothstein. "Demystifying college costs: how nudges can and can't help." Behavioural Public Policy (March 2022): 1-22.

Looking Back at 50 Years of the Clean Air Act

Aldy, Joseph, Max Auffhammer, Maureen Cropper, Art Fraas, and Dick Morgenstern. "Looking Back at 50 Years of the Clean Air Act." Journal of Economic Literature 60.1 (March 2022): 179-232.

Managing a Polarized Workforce

Minson, Julia, and Francesca Gino. "Managing a Polarized Workforce." Harvard Business Review 100.3-4 (March 2022): 63-71.

The GI Bill was one of the worst racial injustices of the 20th century. Congress can fix it.

Bilmes, Linda J., and Cornell William Brooks. "The GI Bill was one of the worst racial injustices of the 20th century. Congress can fix it." Boston Globe. February 23, 2022.

Growing Fairly: How to Build Opportunity and Equity in Workforce Development

Goldsmith, Stephen, and Kate Markin Coleman. Growing Fairly: How to Build Opportunity and Equity in Workforce Development. Brookings Institution Press, 2022.

Growing Fairly: How to Build Opportunity and Equity in Workforce Development

Goldmsith, Stephen, and Kate Markin Coleman. Growing Fairly: How to Build Opportunity and Equity in Workforce Development. Brookings Institution Press, 2022.

Key Success Factors in Environmental Entrepreneurship: The Case of Wilderness Safaris

Austin, James, Megan Epler Wood, and Herman B. Leonard. "Key Success Factors in Environmental Entrepreneurship: The Case of Wilderness Safaris." World Scientific Encyclopedia of Business Sustainability, Ethics and Entrepreneurship. Ed. Peter Gianiodis, Maritza Espina, and William R Meek. World Scientific, 2022, 175-196.

From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life

Brooks, Arthur. From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life. Portfolio, 2022.

Sustainability for people and the planet: placing workers at the center of sustainability research

Yen, Julie, Julie Battilana, and Emilie Aguirre. "Sustainability for people and the planet: placing workers at the center of sustainability research." Handbook on the Business of Sustainability: The Organization, Implementation, and Practice of Sustainable Growth. Ed. Gerard George, Martine Haas, Havovi Joshi, Anita McGahan, and Paul Tracey. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2022, 189-214.