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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.

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.

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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

Incorporating permafrost into climate mitigation and adaptation policy

Natali, Susan M., Robin Bronen, Patricia Cochran, John P. Holdren, Brendan M. Rogers, and Rachael Treharne. "Incorporating permafrost into climate mitigation and adaptation policy." Environmental Research Letters 17.9 (September 2022): 091001.

Create a COVID-19 commission

Chyba, Chrisopher F., Christine K. Cassel, Susan L. Graham, John P. Holdren, Ed Penhoet, William H. Press, Maxine Savitz, and Harold Varmus. "Create a COVID-19 commission." Science 376.6570 (November 2021): 932-935.

Permafrost carbon feedbacks threaten global climate goals

Natali, Susan, John P. Holdren, Brendan M. Rogers, Rachael Treharne, Philip B. Duffy, Rafe Pomerance, and Erin MacDonald. "Permafrost carbon feedbacks threaten global climate goals." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118.21 (May 2021): e2100163118.

The Overwhelming Case for No First Use

Holdren, John P. "The Overwhelming Case for No First Use." Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 76.1 (January 2020): 3-7.

The overwhelming case for no first use

Holdren, John P. "The overwhelming case for no first use." The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 76.1 (January 2020): 3-7.

Rescue US Energy Innovation

Diaz Anadon, Laura, Kelly Sims Gallagher, and John P. Holdren. "Rescue US Energy Innovation." Nature Energy (September 2017).

Ideology Trumps Science

Holdren, John P. "Ideology Trumps Science." Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (March 2017).

Energy for Change: Introduction to the Special Issue on Energy & Climate Change

Holdren, John P. "Energy for Change: Introduction to the Special Issue on Energy & Climate Change." Innovations 4.4 (Fall 2009): 3-11.

Science in the White House

Holdren, John P. "Science in the White House." Science 324.5927 (May 2009): 567.

Science and Technology for Sustainable Well-Being

Holdren, John P. "Science and Technology for Sustainable Well-Being." Science 319.5862 (January 25, 2008): 424-434.

Energy and Sustainability.

Holdren, John P. "Energy and Sustainability." Science 315.5813 (February 9, 2007): 737.

Climate Change: The Sky <i>Is</i> Falling. An Interview.

Holdren, John P. "Climate Change: The Sky Is Falling. An Interview." Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 63.1 (January-February 2007): 40-45.

Energy Technology Innovation.

Gallagher, Kelly Sims, John P. Holdren, and Ambuj D. Sagar. "Energy Technology Innovation." Annual Review of Environment and Resources 31 (November 2006): 193-237.

The Economics of Reprocessing Versus Direct Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel

Bunn, Matthew, John P. Holdren, Steve Fetter, and Bob van der Zwaan. "The Economics of Reprocessing Versus Direct Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel." Nuclear Technology (June 2005).

The Economics of Reprocessing Direct Disposal of Spent Fuel.

Bunn, Matthew, John P. Holdren, Steve Fetter, and Bob van der Zwaan. "The Economics of Reprocessing Direct Disposal of Spent Fuel." Nuclear Technology 150 (June 2005): 209-230.

Environmental Change and the Human Condition.

Holdren, John P. "Environmental Change and the Human Condition." Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fall 2003): 24-31.

Assessing the Global Energy Innovation System: Some Key Issues.

Sagar, Ambuj D., and John P. Holdren. "Assessing the Global Energy Innovation System: Some Key Issues." Energy Policy 30 (2002): 465-469.

Meeting the Energy Challenge.

Holdren, John P. "Meeting the Energy Challenge." Science 291.5506 (February 2001): 945.

Searching for a National Energy Strategy.

Holdren, John P. "Searching for a National Energy Strategy." Issues in Science and Technology (Spring 2001).

The PCAST Energy Studies: Toward a National Consensus on Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment Policy.

Holdren, John P., and Samuel F. Baldwin. "The PCAST Energy Studies: Toward a National Consensus on Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment Policy." Annual Review of Energy and Environment 26 (2001): 391-434.