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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

Insider Threats to Nuclear Security

Bunn, Matthew. "Insider Threats to Nuclear Security." The Oxford Handbook of Nuclear Security. Ed. Christopher Hobbs, Sarah Tzinieris, and Sukesh K. Aghara. Oxford University Press, 2023, C9S1–C9N57.

Enabling a Significant Nuclear Role in China’s Decarbonization: Loosening Constraints, Mitigating Risks

Bunn, Matthew. "Enabling a Significant Nuclear Role in China’s Decarbonization: Loosening Constraints, Mitigating Risks." Foundations for a Low-Carbon Energy System in China. Ed. Lee, Henry, Daniel P. Schrag, Matthew Bunn, Michael Davidson, Wei Peng, Wang Pu, and Mao Zhimin. Cambridge University Press, 2021, 65-100.

Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Energy, and Climate Change: Exploring the Linkages

Bunn, Matthew. "Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Energy, and Climate Change: Exploring the Linkages." Nuclear Disarmament: A Critical Assessment. Routledge, 2019, 185-204.

Introduction: The Problem of Black-Market Nuclear Technology Networks

Bunn, Matthew and Potter, William C. "Introduction: The Problem of Black-Market Nuclear Technology Networks." Preventing Black-Market Trade in Nuclear Technology. Ed. Bunn, Matthew, Malin, Martin B., Potter, William C. and Spector, Leonard S.. Cambridge University Press, 2018, 1-22.

Countering Nuclear Black Markets by Strengthening Nonproliferation Culture

Bunn, Matthew. "Countering Nuclear Black Markets by Strengthening Nonproliferation Culture." Preventing Black-Market Trade in Nuclear Technology. Ed. Bunn, Matthew, Malin, Martin B., Potter, William C., and Spector, Leonard S.. Cambridge University Press, 2018, 249-270.

Introduction: Inside the Insider Threat

Bunn, Matthew, and Scott D. Sagan. "Introduction: Inside the Insider Threat." Insider Threats. Cornell University Press, 2017.

Preventing Insider Theft: Lessons From the Casino and Pharmaceutical Industries

Bunn, Matthew, and Kathryn M. Glynn. "Preventing Insider Theft: Lessons From the Casino and Pharmaceutical Industries." Insider Threats. Cornell University Press, 2017.

A Worst Practices Guide to Insider Threats

Bunn, Matthew, and Scott D. Sagan. "A Worst Practices Guide to Insider Threats." Insider Threats. Cornell University Press, 2017.

Reducing the Risks of Nuclear Theft and Terrorism

Bunn, Matthew, and Nickolas Roth. "Reducing the Risks of Nuclear Theft and Terrorism." Routledge Handbook of Nuclear Proliferation and Policy. Ed. Joseph F. Pilat and Nathan E. Busch. Routledge, 2015, 419-429.

The Need to Transform U.S. Energy Innovation

Bunn, Matthew, Laura Diaz Anadon, and Venkatesh Narayanamurti. "The Need to Transform U.S. Energy Innovation." Transforming US Energy Innovation. Ed. Laura Diaz Anadon, Matthew Bunn, and Venkatesh Narayanamurti. Cambridge University Press, August 2014, 1-35.

Beyond Crises The Unending Challenge of Controlling Nuclear Weapons and Materials

Bunn, Matthew. "Beyond Crises The Unending Challenge of Controlling Nuclear Weapons and Materials." Nuclear Weapons Security Crises What Does History Teach. Ed. Henry D. Sokolski. Strategic Studies Institute and US Army War College Press, 2013, 253-278.

Drivers of Change in Nuclear Security Policies: Results of a Survey

Bunn, Matthew, and Eben Harrell. "Drivers of Change in Nuclear Security Policies: Results of a Survey." Proceedings of the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management 54th Annual Meeting, July 14-18, 2013. Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, 2013.

The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism is Real

Bunn, Matthew. "The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism is Real." Debating Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Conflicting Perspectives on Causes, Contexts, and Responses. Ed. Stuart Gottlieb. Congressional Quarterly Press, 2013, 174-187.

Nuclear Energy

von Hippel, Frank (convening lead author), Matthew Bunn, Anatoli Diakov, Ming Ding, Robert Goldston, Tadahiro Katsuta, M.V. Ramana, Tatsujiro Suzuki, Suyuan Yu (lead authors), and Charles McCombie (contributing author). "Nuclear Energy." Global Energy Assessment: Toward a Sustainable Future. Ed. Johansson, Thomas B., Anand Patwardhan, Nebojsa Nakicenovic, and Luis Gomez-Echeverri. Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Nuclear Terrorism: A Strategy for Prevention

Bunn, Matthew. Nuclear Terrorism: A Strategy for Prevention. Going Nuclear: Nuclear Proliferation and International Security in the 21st Century. Ed. Michael E. Brown, Owen R. Coté, Sean M. Lynn-Jones, and Steven E. Miller. MIT Press, 2010, 329-367.

The Real Risk of Nuclear Terrorism

Bunn, Matthew. "The Real Risk of Nuclear Terrorism." Debating Terrorism and Counterterrorism. Ed. Stuart Gottlieb. Congressional Quarterly Press, 2009, 168-200.

Corruption and Nuclear Proliferation

Bunn, Matthew. Corruption and Nuclear Proliferation. Corruption, Global Security, and World Order. Ed. Robert Rotberg. Brookings Institution Press, 2009, 124-126.

The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism is Real

Bunn, Matthew. The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism is Real. At Issue: Nuclear Weapons. Ed. Louise I. Gerdes. Greenhaven Press, 2009, 66-73.

Securing Nuclear Stockpiles Worldwide

Bunn, Matthew. "Securing Nuclear Stockpiles Worldwide." Reykjavik Revisited: Steps Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons. Eds. George P. Shultz, Sidney D. Drell, and James E. Goodby. Hoover Institution Press, 2008, 243-277.

Transparent and Irreversible Dismantlement of Nuclear Weapons

Bunn, Matthew. "Transparent and Irreversible Dismantlement of Nuclear Weapons." Reykjavik Revisited: Steps Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons. Ed. George P. Shultz, Sidney D. Drell, and James E. Goodby. Hoover Institution Press, 2008, 205-227.

Preventing Nuclear Terrorism

Bunn, Matthew. "Preventing Nuclear Terrorism." 2009 National Security and Nonproliferation Briefing Book. Peace and Security Initiative, 2008.

The Seven Myths of Nuclear Terrorism

Bunn, Matthew, and Anthony Wier. "The Seven Myths of Nuclear Terrorism." Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism. Ed. Russell D. Howard and James J.F. Forest. McGraw-Hill, 2007.

Preventing a Nuclear 9/11

Bunn, Matthew. "Preventing a Nuclear 9/11." How to Make America Safe: New Policies for National Security. Ed. Stephen Van Evera. Tobin Project, 2006.