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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.

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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

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.

How Institutions Affect Behavior: Insights From Economics and Psychology.

Bohnet, Iris. "How Institutions Affect Behavior: Insights From Economics and Psychology." Social Psychology and Economics. Ed. David De Cremer, Marcel Zeelenberg, and Keith J. Murnighan. London: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2006, 213-238.

Status Anxiety.

Bohnet, Iris. "Status Anxiety." Negotiation 8.11 (November 2005): 4-6.

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.

Did You Give at the Office? Leveraging the Power of Reciprocity.

Bohnet, Iris. "Did You Give at the Office? Leveraging the Power of Reciprocity." Negotiation (July 2005): 7-9.

Learning Trust.

Bohnet, Iris, Heike Harmgart, Steffan Huck, and Jean-Robert Tyran. "Learning Trust." Journal of the European Economic Association 3.2-3 (April-May 2005): 322-329.

Compensating the Cooperators: Is Sorting in the Prisoner’s Dilemma Possible?

Bohnet, Iris, and Dorothea Kübler. "Compensating the Cooperators: Is Sorting in the Prisoner’s Dilemma Possible?" Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 56.1 (January 2005): 61-76.

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

Bohnet, Iris, and Yael Baytelman. "Institutions and Trust: Implications for Preferences, Beliefs and Behavior." Working Paper, December 2004.

No Reciprocity in a Reciprocal-Exchange Economy? Evidence from a Nairobi Slum.

Greig, Fiona, and Iris Bohnet. "No Reciprocity in a Reciprocal-Exchange Economy? Evidence from a Nairobi Slum." Working Paper, December 2004.

Trust, Risk and Betrayal.

Bohnet, Iris, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Trust, Risk and Betrayal." Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 55.4 (December 2004): 467-484.

Social Comparisons in Ultimatum Bargaining.

Bohnet, Iris, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Social Comparisons in Ultimatum Bargaining." Scandinavian Journal of Economics 106.3 (September 2004): 495-510.

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.

The Payoff of Trust.

Bohnet, Iris. "The Payoff of Trust." Negotiation (July 2004): 9-11.

Repetition and Reputation: Implications for Trust and Trustworthiness When Institutions Change.

Bohnet, Iris, and Steffen Huck. "Repetition and Reputation: Implications for Trust and Trustworthiness When Institutions Change." American Economic Review 94.2 (May 2004): 362-366.

Vertrauen und Vertrauensbruch.

Bohnet, Iris. "Vertrauen und Vertrauensbruch." Im Brennpunkt, No. 2, June 2004.

Trust and Trustworthiness

Bohnet, Iris, and Rachel Croson, eds. Trust and Trustworthiness. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, December 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.

Does Performance Pay Perform? Conditions for Success in the Public Sector.

Bohnet, Iris, and Susan C. Eaton. "Does Performance Pay Perform? Conditions for Success in the Public Sector." For the People: Can We Fix Public Service? Ed. John D. Donahue and Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Brookings Institution, 2003, 238-254.

Instinct or Incentive to be Trustworthy? The Role of Informational Institutions.

Bohnet, Iris, Steffen Huck, and Jean-Robert Tyran. "Instinct or Incentive to be Trustworthy? The Role of Informational Institutions." Jahrbuch für Neue Politische Ökonomie 21. Ed. Manfred J. Holler, et al. Tübingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 2003, 213-221.

Die Ursachen für Vertrauen.

Bohnet, Iris. "Die Ursachen für Vertrauen." Basler Zeitung, No. 71, March 25, 2002.

Pay for Performance: Motivation and Selection Effects.

Bohnet, Iris, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "Pay for Performance: Motivation and Selection Effects." Successful Management by Motivation. Balancing Extrinsic and Intrinsic Incentives. Ed. Bruno Frey and Margit Osterloh. Springer, 2002, 119-139.

Fuhren heisst: Die Spielregeln bestimmen.

Bohnet, Iris. "Fuhren heisst: Die Spielregeln bestimmen." Fuhren lehren - Fuhren lernen. Ed. Eidgenossisches Personalamt. Eidgenossisches Personalamt, 2002, 53-57.

More Order with Less Law: On Contract Enforcement, Trust and Crowding.

Bohnet, Iris, Bruno S. Frey, and Steffen Huck. "More Order with Less Law: On Contract Enforcement, Trust and Crowding." American Political Science Review 95.1 (2001): 131-144.