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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.

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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

The United States and the WTO Dispute Settlement System.

Lawrence, Robert Z. "The United States and the WTO Dispute Settlement System." Council on Foreign Relations Press, Council Special Report No. 25, March 2007.

Regionalism and the WTO: Should the Rules Be Changed?

Lawrence, Robert Z. "Regionalism and the WTO: Should the Rules Be Changed?" The WTO and Reciprocal Preferential Trading Agreements. Ed. Caroline Freund. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007, 490-505.

Recent U.S. Free Trade Initiatives in the Middle East: Opportunities But No Guarantees.

Lawrence, Robert Z. "Recent U.S. Free Trade Initiatives in the Middle East: Opportunities But No Guarantees." Arab World Competitiveness Report 2007. World Economic Forum, 2007, 21-30.

Trade Policy: The Exception to American Exceptionalism?

Lawrence, Robert Z. "Trade Policy: The Exception to American Exceptionalism?" Power and Superpower: Global Leadership and Exceptionalism in the 21st Century. Ed. Morton H. Halperin, Jeffrey Laurenti, Peter Rundlet, and Spencer P. Boyer. Century Foundation Press, 2007.

A True Development Round?

Lawrence, Robert Z. "A True Development Round?" Review of Fair Trade for All: How Trade Can Promote Development, by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Andrew Charlton. Journal of Economic Literature, 45.4 December 2007: 1001-1010.

Recent U.S. Free Trade Initiatives in the Middle East: Opportunities but No Guarantees.

Lawrence, Robert Z. "Recent U.S. Free Trade Initiatives in the Middle East: Opportunities but No Guarantees." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP06-050, December 2006.

South African Trade Policy Matters: Trade Performance and Trade Policy.

Edwards, Lawrence, and Robert Z. Lawrence. "South African Trade Policy Matters: Trade Performance and Trade Policy." NBER Working Paper 12760, December 2006.

China and the Multilateral Trading System.

Lawrence, Robert Z. "China and the Multilateral Trading System." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series No. RWP06-45 and NBER Working Paper No. 12759, October 2006.

A New Compensation Mechanism for Preference Erosion in the Doha Round.

Lawrence, Robert Z., and Tatiana Rosito. "A New Compensation Mechanism for Preference Erosion in the Doha Round." CID Blue Sky Conference Paper and KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP06-044, October 2006.

Puerto Rico: Trade Performance and Industrial Policy.

Lawrence, Robert Z., and Juan Lara. "Puerto Rico: Trade Performance and Industrial Policy." The Economy of Puerto Rico: Restoring Growth. Ed. Susan M. Collins, Barry Bosworth, and Miguel A. Soto-Class. Brookings Institution Press and the Center for the New Economy, 2006.

Anchoring Reform with a US-Egypt Free Trade Agreement

Lawrence, Robert Z., and Ahmed Galal. Anchoring Reform with a US-Egypt Free Trade Agreement. Institute for International Economics, May 2005.

Inequality in America: The Recent Evidence.

Lawrence, Robert Z. "Inequality in America: The Recent Evidence." Cross-Border Human Resources, Labor and Employment Issues: Proceedings of the New York University 54th Annual Conference on Labor Law. Ed. Andrew P. Morriss, Samuel Estreicher. Kluwer Law International, June 2005, 581-588.

Comment on Designing Policies to Capture Beneficial Effects

Lawrence, Robert Z. Comment on "Designing Policies to Capture Beneficial Effects" in Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Development?, Ed. Theodore H. Moran, Edward M. Graham, Magnus Blomström 2005: 367-371.

Don't Blame Trade for U.S. Job Losses.

Bailey, Martin Neil and Robert Z. Lawrence. "Don't Blame Trade for U.S. Job Losses." McKinsey Quarterly January 2005.

Should a U.S.-India Free Trade Agreement Be Part of India’s Trade Strategy?

Lawrence, Robert Z., and Rajesh Chadha. "Should a U.S.-India Free Trade Agreement Be Part of India’s Trade Strategy?" The India Policy Forum 2004 (Vol. I). Ed. Suman Bery, Barry Bosworth, and Arvind Panagariya. Brookings Institution, 2005, 69-134.

Has Globalization Gone Far Enough? The Costs of Fragmentation in OECD Markets

Bradford, Scott, and Robert Z. Lawrence. Has Globalization Gone Far Enough? The Costs of Fragmentation in OECD Markets. Institute for International Economics, 2004.

What Happened to the Great American Job Machine? The Role of Trade and Electronic Outsourcing.

Baily, Martin Neil, and Robert Z. Lawrence. "What Happened to the Great American Job Machine? The Role of Trade and Electronic Outsourcing." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. Ed. William C. Brainard and George L. Perry. Brookings Institution, 2004.

The Impact of Trade on U.S. Job Loss 2000-2003.

Baily, Martin Neil, and Robert Z. Lawrence. "The Impact of Trade on U.S. Job Loss 2000-2003." Dollar Adjustment: How Far? Against What? Ed. C. Fred Bergsten and John Williamson. Institute for International Economics, 2004.

America’s Sorry Trade Performance.

Lawrence, Robert Z., and Nathaniel Stankard. "America’s Sorry Trade Performance." International Economy Magazine Winter 2004: 36-39.

Bush Had the Right to Impose Steel Tariffs.

Lawrence, Robert Z. "Bush Had the Right to Impose Steel Tariffs." Financial Times, January 28, 2003.

Crimes and Punishments? Retaliation under the WTO

Robert Z. Lawrence. Crimes and Punishments? Retaliation under the WTO. Institute for International Economics, 2003.

Comment on Looking 30 Years Ahead in Global Governance

Lawrence, Robert Z. Comment on "Looking 30 Years Ahead in Global Governance" by Gary Hufbauer. Global Governance: An Architecture for the World Economy, Ed. Horst Siebert. Berlin: Springer, 2003.

“A Wild Ride Around the World”

Lawrence, Robert Z. “A Wild Ride Around the World.” Review of Free Trade Today, by Jagdish Bhagwati. Financial Times, April 3, 2002.

“U.S. International Trade Policy in the 1990s.”

Lawrence, Robert Z. “U.S. International Trade Policy in the 1990s.” American Economic Policy in the 1990s. Ed. Jeffrey Frankel and Peter Orzag. MIT Press, 2002.

Axe Lumber Policies Restricting Free Trade.

Lawrence, Robert Z. "Axe Lumber Policies Restricting Free Trade." National Post, December 14, 2001.

Passenger Incentives Can Revive Travel Industry.

Lawrence, Robert Z. "Passenger Incentives Can Revive Travel Industry." USA Today, October 3, 2001.

Do We Have a New E-Conomy?

Baily, Martin Neil, and Robert Z. Lawrence. "Do We Have a New E-Conomy?" American Economic Review (May 2001).

Trade and Growth: Import-Led or Export-Led? Evidence from Japan and Korea.

Lawrence, Robert Z., and David E. Weinstein. "Trade and Growth: Import-Led or Export-Led? Evidence from Japan and Korea." Rethinking the East Asia Miracle. Ed. Joseph E. Stiglitz and Shahid Yusuf. Oxford University Press, 2001.

Trade, Multinationals and Labor.

Lawrence, Robert Z. "Trade, Multinationals and Labor." Globalization and Labour Markets. Ed. David Greenaway and Douglas Nelson. Elgar, 2001.