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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.

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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

Finance Goes to Hollywood

Frankel, Jeffrey. "Finance Goes to Hollywood." Project Syndicate, August 23, 2024.

Why Are Stocks, Gold, and the Dollar Surging?

Frankel, Jeffrey. "Why Are Stocks, Gold, and the Dollar Surging?" Project Syndicate, July 24, 2024.

How to Fix America’s Broken Air-Traffic Control System

Frankel, Jeffrey. "How to Fix America’s Broken Air-Traffic Control System." Project Syndicate, December 14, 2023.

David vs. Goliath Narrative in GameStop Story Has Serious Flaws

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "David vs. Goliath Narrative in GameStop Story Has Serious Flaws." The Guardian, February 2021.

The Currency Manipulation Game Is Afoot – but That’s Better Than a Trade War

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "The Currency Manipulation Game Is Afoot – but That’s Better Than a Trade War." The Globe and Mail, August 13, 2019.

Should the Fed Be Constrained?

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Should the Fed Be Constrained?" CATO Journal 39.2 (Spring/Summer 2019): 461-470.

The Currency-Plus-Commodity Basket: A Proposal for Exchange Rates in Oil-Exporting Countries to Accommodate Trade Shocks Automatically?

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "The Currency-Plus-Commodity Basket: A Proposal for Exchange Rates in Oil-Exporting Countries to Accommodate Trade Shocks Automatically?" Institutions and Macroeconomic Policies in Resource-Rich Arab Economies. Ed. Kamiar Mohaddes, Jefffrey Nugent, and Hoda Selim. Oxford University Press, 2019, 149-182.

Should the Fed Be Constrained?

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Should the Fed Be Constrained?" ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP19-003, December 2018.

US will Lack Fiscal Space to Respond when Next Recession Comes

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "US will Lack Fiscal Space to Respond when Next Recession Comes." The Guardian, August 28, 2018.

Rethinking the Macroeconomics of Resource-Rich Countries

Arezki, Rabah, Raouf Boucekkine, Jeffrey A. Frankel, and Rick van der Ploeg, eds. Rethinking the Macroeconomics of Resource-Rich Countries. Center for Economic Policy Research, 2018.

Is Technology Hurting Productivity?

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Is Technology Hurting Productivity?" Korea Herald, March 20, 2018.

VIX Surge is a Wake-up Call for Investors

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "VIX Surge is a Wake-up Call for Investors." Barron's, February 24, 2018.