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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

America Is a Root Cause of Israel and Palestine’s Latest War

Walt, Stephen M. "America Is a Root Cause of Israel and Palestine’s Latest War." Foreign Policy. October 18, 2023.

ISIS as Revolutionary State

Walt, Stephen. "ISIS as Revolutionary State." Foreign Affairs. November/December 2015.

A Road to Damascus, via Moscow

Adams, Gordon, and Stephen M. Walt. "A Road to Damascus, via Moscow." New York Times. October 13, 2015.

Where do Bad Ideas Come From (and Why Won't They Go Away?)

Walt, Stephen. "Where do Bad Ideas Come From (and Why Won't They Go Away?)." Foreign Policy. January/February 2011.

Report on Middle East Affairs

Walt, Stephen. "Report on Middle East Affairs." Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. December 2009, 24.

Restoring Solvency

Walt, Stephen. "Restoring Solvency." American Review. December 2009.

High Cost, Low Odds

Walt, Stephen. "High Cost, Low Odds." Nation. October 21, 2009.

Samuel Huntington's Legacy: Day 2

Walt, Stephen. "Samuel Huntington's Legacy: Day 2." Web Exclusive. Foreign Policy. January 2009.

The Neocons vs. The Realists

Walt, Stephen. "The Neocons vs. The Realists." National Interest. September 2, 2008.

Power in Context.

Mearsheimer, John J., and Stephen Walt. "Power in Context." Economist 385.8551 (October 20, 2007): 22.

Mearsheimer and Walt Redux.

Walt, Stephen, and John J. Mearsheimer. "Mearsheimer and Walt Redux." Chronicle of Higher Education 54.4 (September 21, 2007): B6.

The Israel Lobby.

Mearsheimer, John, and Stephen Walt. "The Israel Lobby." London Review of Books Vol. 28, No. 6, March 23, 2006: 3-12.

In the National Interest: A New Grand Strategy of American Foreign Policy.

Walt, Stephen. "In the National Interest: A New Grand Strategy of American Foreign Policy." Boston Review February/March 2005.

The Imbalance of Power.

Walt, Stephen. "The Imbalance of Power." Harvard Magazine March/April 2004.

A Policy Failure?

Walt, Stephen. "A Policy Failure?" Boston Review October/November 2002.