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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.

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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.

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

Cities, Skills, and Regional Change

Glaeser, Edward L., Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto, and Kristina Tobio. "Cities, Skills, and Regional Change." NBER Working Paper 16934, April 2011.

Detroit's Decline and the Folly of Light Rail

Glaeser, Edward L. "Detroit's Decline and the Folly of Light Rail." Wall Street Journal, March 25, 2011.

Behind Census Numbers

Glaeser, Edward L. "Behind Census Numbers." Boston Globe, March 24, 2011.

Back Off from our Housing Choices

Glaeser, Edward L. "Back Off from our Housing Choices." Boston Globe, March 8, 2011.

City Air Still Makes You Free

Glaeser, Edward L. "City Air Still Makes You Free." Boston Globe, February 24, 2011.

Triumph of the City

Glaeser, Edward L. Triumph of the City. Penguin Press, 2011.

If You Love Nature, Move to the City

Glaeser, Edward L. "If You Love Nature, Move to the City." Boston Globe, February 10, 2011.

If We Build It, They Will Come

Glaeser, Edward L. "If We Build It, They Will Come." Boston Globe, January 23, 2011.

A Lesson for America

Glaeser, Edward L. "A Lesson for America." Boston Globe, January 14, 2011.

Rethinking the Federal Bias Toward Homeownership

Glaeser, Edward L. "Rethinking the Federal Bias Toward Homeownership." Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research 13.2 (2011): 5-37.

America’s Revival Begins in its Cities

Glaeser, Edward L. "America’s Revival Begins in its Cities." Boston Globe, December 30, 2010.

A Reform Both Parties Should Love

Glaeser, Edward L. "A Reform Both Parties Should Love." Boston Globe, November 19, 2010.

For Patrick, A Chance to be a Centrist

Glaeser, Edward L. "For Patrick, A Chance to be a Centrist." Boston Globe, November 4, 2010.

Political Power

Glaeser, Edward L. "Political Power." Boston Globe, October 21, 2010.

Advice to the Governor: Think Smart

Glaeser, Edward L. "Advice to the Governor: Think Smart." Commonwealth Magazine, October 19, 2010.

To Grow, the State Needs 40B

Glaeser, Edward L. "To Grow, the State Needs 40B." Boston Globe, October 7, 2010.

The Education Calling Card

Glaeser, Edward L. "The Education Calling Card." The Education Calling Card, September 23, 2010.

Free the Food Truck

Glaeser, Edward L. "Free the Food Truck." Boston Globe, September 9, 2010.

Housing Policy in the Wake of the Crash

Glaeser, Edward L. "Housing Policy in the Wake of the Crash." Daedalus 139.4 (Fall 2010): 95-106.

The Start-Up City

Glaeser, Edward L. "The Start-Up City." City Journal 20.4 (Autumn 2010): 26-35.

Prices Drop, But Hopes Never Do

Glaeser, Edward L. "Prices Drop, But Hopes Never Do." Boston Globe, August 26, 2010.

Four Demons to Innovation District

Glaeser, Edward L. "Four Demons to Innovation District." Boston Globe, August 12, 2010.

The Weight Watchers

Glaeser, Edward L. "The Weight Watchers." Boston Globe, July 29, 2010.

Reviving The Night Owl

Glaeser, Edward L. "Reviving The Night Owl." Boston Globe, July 16, 2010.

Can Cheap Credit Explain the Housing Boom?

Glaeser, Edward L, Joshua D. Gottlieb, and Joseph Gyourko. "Can Cheap Credit Explain the Housing Boom?" NBER Working Papers 16230, July 2010.

What's the Vision for the State

Glaeser, Edward L. "What's the Vision for the State." Boston Globe, June 17, 2010.

Sunny Pitch to Lure Hub's Industries

Glaeser, Edward L. "Sunny Pitch to Lure Hub's Industries." Boston Globe, June 3, 2010.

What Causes Industry Agglomeration? Evidence from Coagglomeration Patterns

Ellison, Glenn, Edward L. Glaeser, and William R. Kerr. "What Causes Industry Agglomeration? Evidence from Coagglomeration Patterns." American Economic Review 100.3 (June 2010): 1195-1213.

The Varieties of Regional Change

Glaeser, Edward L, Giacomo Ponzetto, and Kristina Tobio. "The Varieties of Regional Change." Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Economics Working Papers 1255, June 2010.

What's Big, Risky, and Losing Billions?

Glaeser, Edward L. "What's Big, Risky, and Losing Billions?" Boston Globe, May 20, 2010.

A Tax Break that is Breaking Us

Glaeser, Edward L. "A Tax Break that is Breaking Us." Boston Globe, May 7, 2010.

The Greenness of Cities: Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Urban Development

Glaeser, Edward L., and Matthew E. Kahn. "The Greenness of Cities: Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Urban Development." Journal of Urban Economics 67.3 (May 2010): 404-418.

Building By Numbers

Glaeser, Edward L. "Building By Numbers." Boston Globe, April 22, 2010.

Liquor Laws Put Restaurants on the Rocks

Glaeser, Edward L. "Liquor Laws Put Restaurants on the Rocks." Boston Globe, April 2, 2010.

Regulating Misinformation

Glaeser, Edward L., and Gergely Ujhelyi. "Regulating Misinformation." Journal of Public Economics 94.3-4 (April 2010): 247-257.

Why the Anti-Urban Bias?

Glaeser, Edward L. "Why the Anti-Urban Bias?" Boston Globe, March 5, 2010.

Success of the Left in Europe, the Right in US

Glaeser, Edward L. "Success of the Left in Europe, the Right in US." Boston Globe, February 5, 2010.

Agglomeration Economics

Glaeser, Edward L., ed. Agglomeration Economics. University of Chicago Press, 2010.

Introduction to 'The Economics of Agglomeration'

Glaeser, Edward L., and Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto. "Introduction to 'The Economics of Agglomeration'." Agglomeration Economics. Ed. Edward L. Glaeser. University of Chicago Press, 2010, 1-14.

Social Interactions and Smoking

Cutler, David M., and Edward L. Glaeser. Social Interactions and Smoking. Research Findings in the Economics of Aging. Ed. David A. Wise. University of Chicago Press, 2010, 141-144.

Comment: Education and the Prevalence of Pain

Glaeser, Edward L. Comment: Education and the Prevalence of Pain. Research Findings in the Economics of Aging. Ed. David A. Wise. University of Chicago Press, 2010.

The Complementarity Between Cities and Skills

Glaeser, Edward L., and Matthew G. Resseger. "The Complementarity Between Cities and Skills." Journal of Regional Science 50.1 (February 2010): 221-244.

Did the Death of Distance Hurt Detroit and Help New York?

Glaeser, Edward L., and Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto. "Did the Death of Distance Hurt Detroit and Help New York?" Agglomeration Economics. Ed. Edward L. Glaeser. University of Chicago Press, 2010, 303 - 337.

Transparency is the Cure for Those Fifth-term Blues

Glaeser, Edward L. "Transparency is the Cure for Those Fifth-term Blues." Boston Globe, January 3, 2010.

Urban Economics and Entrepreneurship

Glaeser, Edward L., Stuart S. Rosenthal, and William C. Strange. "Urban Economics and Entrepreneurship." Journal of Urban Economics 67.1 (January 2010): 1-14.

Too Risky to Regulate? Not with Proper Verification

Glaeser, Edward L. "Too Risky to Regulate? Not with Proper Verification." Boston Globe, December 3, 2009.

The Greenness of China: Household Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Urban Development

Zheng, Siqi, Rui Wang, Edward L. Glaeser, and Matthew E. Kahn. "The Greenness of China: Household Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Urban Development." NBER Working Papers 15621, December 2009.

The Wealth of Cities: Agglomeration Economies and Spatial Equilibrium in the United States

Glaeser, Edward L., and Joshua D Gottlieb. "The Wealth of Cities: Agglomeration Economies and Spatial Equilibrium in the United States." Journal of Economic Literature 47.4 (December 2009): 983-1028.

With Tax Break, a Big Carbon Footprint

Glaeser, Edward L. "With Tax Break, a Big Carbon Footprint." Boston Globe, November 5, 2009.

Urban Economics and Entrepreneurship

Glaeser, Edward L., Stuart Rosenthal, and William C. Strange. "Urban Economics and Entrepreneurship." NBER Working Papers 15536, November 2009.