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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

Thinking for a Living.

Kelman, Steven. "Thinking for a Living." Federal Computer Week (March 6, 2006).

Let's Promote the IT Exchange.

Kelman, Steven. "Let's Promote the IT Exchange." Federal Computer Week (February 27, 2006).

This Boy's Politics.

Kelman, Steven. "This Boy's Politics." New Leader Jan-Apr 2006: 21-23.

Review of The Oxford Handbook of Public Management

Kelman, Steven. Review of The Oxford Handbook of Public Management, Ed. Ewan Ferlie, Laurence E. Lynn, Jr., and Christopher Pollitt. Academy of Management Review, 31.4 October 2006: 1094-1098.

9/11 and the Challenges of Public Management

Kelman, Steven. "9/11 and the Challenges of Public Management." Review Essay on The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, Administrative Science Quarterly, 51.1 March 2006: 129-142.

Public Management Needs Help!

Kelman, Steven. "Public Management Needs Help!" Academy of Management Journal 48.6 (December 2005): 967-969.

The Grand Challenge.

Kelman, Steven. "The Grand Challenge." Federal Computer Week (November 21, 2005).

Scandal or Solution.

Kelman, Steven, and Steven L. Schooner. "Scandal or Solution." Government Executive November 7, 2005.

An Open Letter to 1102s

Kelman, Steven. "An Open Letter to 1102s" Federal Computer Week (October 20, 2005).

An Ounce of Prevention?

Kelman, Steven. "An Ounce of Prevention?" Federal Computer Week (October 4, 2005).

Questions Worth Asking.

Kelman, Steven. "Questions Worth Asking." Federal Computer Week (September 26, 2005).

Asking the Wrong Katrina Questions.

Kelman, Steven. "Asking the Wrong Katrina Questions." Federal Computer Week (September 20, 2005).

The 'Blame Game' and Learning Moments.

Kelman, Steven. "The 'Blame Game' and Learning Moments." Federal Computer Week (September 12, 2005).

GSA and the Workforce.

Kelman, Steven. "GSA and the Workforce." Federal Computer Week (August 29, 2005).

Past Performance Revisited

Kelman, Steven. "Past Performance Revisited." Federal Computer Week. August 15, 2005.

Deep Smarts.

Kelman, Steven. "Deep Smarts." Federal Computer Week (August 8, 2005).

Purchase Cards: Priceless.

Kelman, Steven. "Purchase Cards: Priceless." Federal Computer Week (June 27, 2005).

Are We Better Off Now?

Kelman, Steven. "Are We Better Off Now?" Federal Computer Week (June 6, 2005).

The E-Gov Pulse.

Kelman, Steven. "The E-Gov Pulse." Federal Computer Week (May 16, 2005).

Leadership, at Long Last.

Kelman, Steven. "Leadership, at Long Last." Federal Computer Week (April 25, 2005).

Pay for Performance Pays.

Kelman, Steven. "Pay for Performance Pays." Federal Computer Week (April 4, 2005).

A New Agenda.

Kelman, Steven. "A New Agenda." Federal Computer Week (February 21, 2005).

Review of Politics, Policy and Organizations: Frontiers in the Scientific Study of Bureaucracy

Kelman, Steven. Review of Politics, Policy and Organizations: Frontiers in the Scientific Study of Bureaucracy, Ed. George A. Krause and Kenneth J. Meier. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 24.4 Fall 2005: 880-882.

Unleashing Change: A Study of Organizational Renewal in Government

Kelman, Steven. Unleashing Change: A Study of Organizational Renewal in Government. Brookings Institution, 2005.

The Reformation.

Kelman, Steven. "The Reformation." Government Executive August 23, 2004.

A Time for Statesmanship.

Kelman, Steven. "A Time for Statesmanship." Federal Computer Week (August 4, 2004).

Changing Big Government Organizations: Easier Than Meets the Eye?

Kelman, Steven. "Changing Big Government Organizations: Easier Than Meets the Eye?" Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series, OP-02-04 and RWP04-026, 2004.

Oversight Is Not the Only Way to Judge a Procurement System.

Kelman, Steven. "Oversight Is Not the Only Way to Judge a Procurement System." Federal Times, May 31, 2004.

Review of Corporate Warriors

Kelman, Steven. Review of Corporate Warriors, by P.W. Singer. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 23.4 Fall 2004: 936-940.

No 'Cronyism' in Iraq.

Kelman, Steven. "No 'Cronyism' in Iraq." Washington Post, November 6, 2003.

Stifling the Civil Service.

Kelman, Steven. "Stifling the Civil Service." Washington Post, July 31, 2003.

The Loud Crisis.

Kamarck, Elaine, Steven Kelman, and Joseph S. Nye, Jr. "The Loud Crisis." Government Executive February 15, 2003.

“Good Work for Jobless in a Time of Need.”

Kamarck, Elaine, and Steven Kelman. “Good Work for Jobless in a Time of Need.” Boston Globe, February 7, 2002.

Review of Return to Reason

Kelman, Steven. Review of Return to Reason, by Stephen Toulmin. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 21.1 Winter 2002: 155-158.

Review of Knowledge and Social Capital: Foundations and Applications </i>and<i> Getting Agencies to Work Together: The Practice and Theory of Managerial Craftsmanship

Kelman, Steven. Review of Knowledge and Social Capital: Foundations and Applications and Getting Agencies to Work Together: The Practice and Theory of Managerial Craftsmanship, by Eric L. Lesser and Eugene Bardach, respectively. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 21.3 Summer 2002: 515-518.

Remaking Federal Procurement.

Kelman, Steven. "Remaking Federal Procurement." Public Contracts Law Journal (Summer 2002).

Contracting.

Kelman, Steven. "Contracting." The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance. Ed. Lester Salamon. Oxford University Press, 2002.

Strategic Contracting Management.

Kelman, Steven. "Strategic Contracting Management." Market Based Governance: Supply Side, Demand Side, Upside and Downside. Ed. John D. Donahue and Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Brookings Institution, 2002.