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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

Stepping Back from the Brink on Iran

Bunn, Matthew. "Stepping Back from the Brink on Iran." The Boston Globe. January 2020.

How to Step Back from the Brink with Iran

Bunn, Matthew. "How to Step Back from the Brink with Iran." Defense One. June 18, 2019.

In Gorky Park, With Nuclear Worries

Bunn, Matthew. "In Gorky Park, With Nuclear Worries." The Hill. August 13, 2018.

How Trump Can Fix the Iran Deal

Bunn, Matthew. "How Trump Can Fix the Iran Deal." Boston Globe. May 7, 2018.

Rhetoric Aside, the U.S. Commitment to Preventing Nuclear Terrorism is Waning

Roth, Nickolas, Bunn, Matthew, and Tobey, William H. "Rhetoric Aside, the U.S. Commitment to Preventing Nuclear Terrorism is Waning." The Hill. 4/19/2018.

The Effects of a Single Terrorist Nuclear Bomb

Bunn, Matthew, and Nickolas Roth. "The Effects of a Single Terrorist Nuclear Bomb." Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. September 28, 2017.

North Korea and America Could Stumble into a Nuclear War

Bunn, Matthew. "North Korea and America Could Stumble into a Nuclear War." The National Interest. August 17, 2017.

How Governments and Companies Can Prevent the Next Insider Attack

Bunn, Matthew and Scott D. Sagan. "How Governments and Companies Can Prevent the Next Insider Attack." The Conversation. February 20, 2017.

Cancel the Plutonium Fuel Factory

Bunn, Matthew and Gary Samore. "Cancel the Plutonium Fuel Factory." The Hill. July 18, 2016.

The Nuclear Security Summit: Wins, Losses, and Draws

Bunn, Matthew. "The Nuclear Security Summit: Wins, Losses, and Draws." Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. April 8, 2016.

Will the Nuclear Security Summit Help Stop Terrorists from Getting the Bomb?

Bunn, Matthew, William Tobey, Martin Malin, and Nickolas Roth. "Will the Nuclear Security Summit Help Stop Terrorists from Getting the Bomb?" The National Interest. March 31, 2016.

Belgium Highlights the Nuclear Terrorism Threat and Security Measures to Stop It

Bunn, Matthew. "Belgium Highlights the Nuclear Terrorism Threat and Security Measures to Stop It." The World Post. March 29, 2016.

Nuclear Security: Continuous Improvement or Dangerous Decline?

Bunn, Matthew, Martin B. Malin, Nickolas Roth, and William Tobey. "Nuclear Security: Continuous Improvement or Dangerous Decline?" Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. March 27, 2016.

Looking Back and Looking Forward on the Iran Deal

Bunn, Matthew. "Looking Back and Looking Forward on the Iran Deal." The Hill. September 2, 2015.

Making Life Harder for Iran's Bomb Advocates

Bunn, Matthew. "Making Life Harder for Iran's Bomb Advocates." National Interest. August 7, 2015.

Don't Weaken Our Defenses Against Nuclear Smuggling

Bunn, Matthew. "Don't Weaken Our Defenses Against Nuclear Smuggling." The Hill. May 20, 2015.

Blocking an Iranian Bomb

Bunn, Matthew. "Blocking an Iranian Bomb." National Interest. April 5, 2015.

The Real Nuclear Nightmare When it Comes to U.S.-Russian Ties

Bunn, Matthew. "The Real Nuclear Nightmare When it Comes to U.S.-Russian Ties." National Interest. January 24, 2015.

How to Avoid a War With Iran

Bunn, Matthew, and Abbas Maleki. "How to Avoid a War With Iran." Foreign Policy. May 21, 2012.

How We Can Reduce the Risk of Another Fukishima

Bunn, Matthew. "How We Can Reduce the Risk of Another Fukishima." Washington Post. March 24, 2011.

Nuclear Smuggling: The Expert View

Bunn, Matthew. "Nuclear Smuggling: The Expert View." The Guardian. November 7, 2010.

Nuclear Energy and the Global Energy Crisis: U.S.-Russian Cooperation Can Help

Bunn, Matthew, and Evgeny Velikhov. "Nuclear Energy and the Global Energy Crisis: U.S.-Russian Cooperation Can Help." The Hill. July 22, 2010.

A Working Relationship

Bunn, Matthew, and Andrew Newman. "A Working Relationship." Baltimore Sun. October 7, 2008.

A Nuclear Revival Needs New Cooperation

Bunn, Matthew, and Martin B. Malin. "A Nuclear Revival Needs New Cooperation." Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. September/October 2008.

The Bush Administration and Nonproliferation: Skeptics at the Helm

Bunn, Matthew. "The Bush Administration and Nonproliferation: Skeptics at the Helm." PIR Center Arms Control Letters. July 2001.