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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

The Effects of Environmental Regulation on Technology Diffusion: The Case of Chlorine Manufacturing.

Snyder, Lori, Nolan Miller, and Robert N. Stavins. "The Effects of Environmental Regulation on Technology Diffusion: The Case of Chlorine Manufacturing." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP03-014, January 2003.

“A Better Way to Regulate Fishing.”

Stavins, Robert N. “A Better Way to Regulate Fishing.” Boston Globe, December 2, 2002.

“An Eye on the Future: How Economists’ Controversial Practice of Discounting Really Affects the Evaluation of Environmental Policies.”

Stavins, Robert N., and Lawrence H. Goulder. “An Eye on the Future: How Economists’ Controversial Practice of Discounting Really Affects the Evaluation of Environmental Policies.” Nature 419 (October 17, 2002): 673-674.

Increasing Participation and Compliance in International Climate Change Agreements.

Stavins, Robert N., and Scott Barrett. “Increasing Participation and Compliance in International Climate Change Agreements.” KSG Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP02-031, August 2002.

“Brayton Point Power Plant: Weigh Costs to Benefit.”

Stavins, Robert N. “Brayton Point Power Plant: Weigh Costs to Benefit.” Boston Business Journal, June 21, 2002.

Interpreting Sustainability in Economic Terms: Dynamic Efficiency Plus Intergenerational Equity.

Stavins, Robert N., Alexander Wagner, and Gernot Wagner. "Interpreting Sustainability in Economic Terms: Dynamic Efficiency Plus Intergenerational Equity." KSG Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP02-018, May 2002.

The Effects of Potential Land Development on Agricultural Land Prices.

Plantinga, Robert, Ruben Lubowski, and Robert N. Stavins. "The Effects of Potential Land Development on Agricultural Land Prices." KSG Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP02-012, February 2002.

“A Level Field on Pollution at Power Plants.”

Gruenspecht, Howard, and Robert N. Stavins. “A Level Field on Pollution at Power Plants.” Boston Globe, January 26, 2002.

The Effects of Potential Land Development on Agricultural Land Prices.

Plantinga, Andrew J., Ruben N. Lubowski, and Robert N. Stavins. "The Effects of Potential Land Development on Agricultural Land Prices." Journal of Urban Economics 52 (2002): 561-581.

“Environmental Policy and Technological Change.”

Jaffe, Adam B., Richard G. Newell, and Robert N. Stavins. “Environmental Policy and Technological Change.” Environment and Resource Economics 22 (2002): 41-69.

“National Environmental Policy During the Clinton Years.”

Stavins, Robert N., and Robert W. Hahn. “National Environmental Policy During the Clinton Years.” American Economic Policy in the 1990s. Ed. Jeffrey Frankel and Peter Orszag. MIT Press, 2002, 583-660.

“New Source Review Under the Clean Air Act: Ripe for Reform.”

Gruenspecht, Howard K., and Robert N. Stavins. “New Source Review Under the Clean Air Act: Ripe for Reform.” Resources 147 (Spring 2002): 19-23.

Lessons from the American Experiment with Market-Based Environmental Policies.

Stavins, Robert N. "Lessons from the American Experiment with Market-Based Environmental Policies." Market-Based Governance: Supply Side, Demand Side, Upside and Downside. Ed. John D. Donahue and Joseph S. Nye, Jr.. Brookings Institution, 2002.

The Induced Innovation Hypothesis and Energy-Saving Technological Change.

Newell, Richard G., Adam B. Jaffe, and Robert N. Stavins. "The Induced Innovation Hypothesis and Energy-Saving Technological Change." Technological Change and the Environment. Ed. Arnulf Grübler, Nebojsa Nakicenovic, and William D. Nordhaus. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002, 91-126.

Muffled Price Signals: Household Water Demand Under Increasing-Block Prices.

Stavins, Robert N., Sheila M. Cavanagh, and W. Michael Hanemann. "Muffled Price Signals: Household Water Demand Under Increasing-Block Prices." Working Paper, December 20, 2001.

Lessons from the American Experiment with Market-Based Environmental Policies.

Stavins, Robert N. "Lessons from the American Experiment with Market-Based Environmental Policies." KSG Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP01-032, October 2001.

National Environmental Policy During the Clinton Years.

Stavins, Robert N., Sheila M. Cavanagh, and Robert W. Hahn. "National Environmental Policy During the Clinton Years." KSG Faculty Research Working Papers Series RWP01-027, June 2001.

Give Bush Time on Climate Issues.

Stavins, Robert N. "Give Bush Time on Climate Issues." Boston Globe, April 4, 2001.

Abatement Cost Heterogeneity and Anticipated Savings from Market-Based Environmental Policies.

Stavins, Robert N., and Richard G. Newell. "Abatement Cost Heterogeneity and Anticipated Savings from Market-Based Environmental Policies." Working Paper, March 2001.

Environmental Economics and Public Policy: Selected Papers of Robert N. Stavins

Stavins, Robert N. Environmental Economics and Public Policy: Selected Papers of Robert N. Stavins. Edward Elgar, 2001.

Economic Analysis of Global Climate Change Policy: A Primer.

Stavins, Robert N. "Economic Analysis of Global Climate Change Policy: A Primer." Climate Change: Science, Strategies, and Solutions. Ed. Eileen Claussen, Vicki Arroyo Cochran, and Debra P. Davis. Brill, 2001.

Energy-Efficient Technologies and Climate Change Policies: Issues and Evidence.

Jaffe, Adam B., Richard G. Newell, and Robert N. Stavins. "Energy-Efficient Technologies and Climate Change Policies: Issues and Evidence." Climate Change Economics and Policy. Ed. Michael A. Toman. Resources for the Future, 2001.