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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.

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

Can Gender and Race Dynamics in Performance Appraisals be Disrupted? The Case of Social Influence

Bohnet, Iris, Oliver P. Hauser, and Ariella Kristal. "Can Gender and Race Dynamics in Performance Appraisals be Disrupted? The Case of Social Influence." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP21-016, Working Paper.

Informational Inequity Aversion and Performance

Bohnet, Iris, and Farzad Saidi. "Informational Inequity Aversion and Performance." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP19-008, February 2019.

Descriptive Norms and Gender Diversity: Reactance from Men

Paryavi, Maliheh, Iris Bohnet, and Alexandra van Geen. "Descriptive Norms and Gender Diversity: Reactance from Men." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP19-007, 2019.

When Performance Trumps Gender Bias: Joint Versus Separate Evaluation

Bohnet, Iris, Alexandra van Geen, and Max H. Bazerman. "When Performance Trumps Gender Bias: Joint Versus Separate Evaluation." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-009, 2012.

The Elasticity of Trust: How to Promote Trust in the Arab Middle East and the United States

Bohnet, Iris, Benedikt Herrmann, Mohamad Al-Ississ, Andrea Robbett, Khalid Al-Yahia, and Richard Zeckhauser. "The Elasticity of Trust: How to Promote Trust in the Arab Middle East and the United States." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-031, June 2010.

Trust and the Reference Points for Trustworthiness in Gulf and Western Countries

Bohnet, Iris, Benedikt Herrmann, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Trust and the Reference Points for Trustworthiness in Gulf and Western Countries." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP09-015, June 2009.

Betrayal Aversion on Four Continents.

Bohnet, Iris, Fiona Greig, Benedikt Herrmann, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Betrayal Aversion on Four Continents." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP06-005, February 2006.

Deciding to Distrust.

Bohnet, Iris, and Stephan Meier. "Deciding to Distrust." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP05-049, August 2005.

The Elasticity of Trust: Evidence from Kuwait, Oman, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.

Bohnet, Iris, Benedikt Herrmann, and Richard Zeckhauser. "The Elasticity of Trust: Evidence from Kuwait, Oman, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates and the United States." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP05-046, July 2005.

Is There Reciprocity in a Reciprocal Exchange Economy? Evidence from a Slum in Nairobi, Kenya.

Greig, Fiona, and Iris Bohnet. "Is There Reciprocity in a Reciprocal Exchange Economy? Evidence from a Slum in Nairobi, Kenya." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP05-044, July 2005.

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." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP04-041, September 2004.

Repetition and Reputation: Implications for Trust and Trustworthiness in the Short and in the Long Run.

Bohnet, Iris, and Steffen Huck. "Repetition and Reputation: Implications for Trust and Trustworthiness in the Short and in the Long Run." KSG Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP03-048, November 2003.

Is Trust a Bad Investment?

Ashraf, Nava, Iris Bohnet, and Nikita Piankov. "Is Trust a Bad Investment?" KSG Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP03-047, November 2003.

Expressive Law: Framing or Equilibrium Selection?

Bohnet, Iris, and Robert Cooter. "Expressive Law: Framing or Equilibrium Selection?" KSG Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP03-046, November 2003.

Trust, Risk and Betrayal.

Bohnet, Iris, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Trust, Risk and Betrayal." KSG Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP03-041, October 2003.

Social Comparisons in Ultimatum Bargaining.

Bohnet, Iris, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Social Comparisons in Ultimatum Bargaining." KSG Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP03-028, June 2003.