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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

Rolling the Dice on Wasteful Home Subsidies

Glaeser, Edward L. "Rolling the Dice on Wasteful Home Subsidies." Boston Globe, October 3, 2009.

Inequality in Cities

Glaeser, Edward L., Matt Resseger, and Kristina Tobio. "Inequality in Cities." Journal of Regional Science 49.4 (October 2009): 617-646.

What a City Needs

Glaeser, Edward L. "What a City Needs." Review of Wrestling With Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took on New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City, by Anthony Flint. New Republic, 240.16, September 9, 2009: 42-45.

Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?

Glaeser, Edward L., and William R. Kerr. "Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?" Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 18.3 (Fall 2009): 623-663.

The Rise of the Renter-chic

Retsinas, Nicolas. "The Rise of the Renter-chic." Boston Globe, August 16, 2009.

Program has Clunky Reasoning

Glaeser, Edward L. "Program has Clunky Reasoning." Boston Globe, August 8, 2009.

Put Transit Where the People Are

Glaeser, Edward L. "Put Transit Where the People Are." Boston Globe, July 3, 2009.

Social Capital and Urban Growth

Glaeser, Edward L., and Charles Redlick. "Social Capital and Urban Growth." International Regional Science Review 32.3 (July 2009): 264-299.

The Problem with Bailouts

Glaeser, Edward L. "The Problem with Bailouts." Boston Globe, June 5, 2009.

Yet Another Tale of Two Cities: Buenos Aires and Chicago

Campante, Filipe R., and Edward L. Glaeser. "Yet Another Tale of Two Cities: Buenos Aires and Chicago." NBER Working Papers 15104, June 2009.

The Causes and Consequences of Land Use Regulation: Evidence from Greater Boston

Glaeser, Edward L., and Bryce A. Ward. "The Causes and Consequences of Land Use Regulation: Evidence from Greater Boston." Journal of Urban Economics 65.3 (May 2009): 265-278.

Blessings of a Divided Government

Glaeser, Edward L. "Blessings of a Divided Government." Boston Globe, May 1, 2009.

Abandoning the Pillars of Sound Policy

Glaeser, Edward L. "Abandoning the Pillars of Sound Policy." Boston Globe, April 4, 2009.

Build More Skyscrapers

Glaeser, Edward L. "Build More Skyscrapers." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 15, 2009.

Building Walls with U.S. Trading Partners

Glaeser, Edward L. "Building Walls with U.S. Trading Partners." Boston Globe, March 6, 2009.

California's Green Meanies

Glaeser, Edward L. "California's Green Meanies." Los Angeles Times, March 4, 2009.

Why Do Europeans Smoke More than Americans?

Cutler, David M., and Edward L. Glaeser. Why Do Europeans Smoke More than Americans? Developments in the Economics of Aging. Ed. David A. Wise. National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report Series, University of Chicago Press, 2009, 255-282.

Infrastructure Needs a Bill of Its Own

Glaeser, Edward L. "Infrastructure Needs a Bill of Its Own." Boston Globe, February 6, 2009.

The GOP Has a Dumb Mortgage Idea

Glaeser, Edward L. "The GOP Has a Dumb Mortgage Idea." Wall Street Journal, February 5, 2009.

Foreclosing the Crisis

Glaeser, Edward L. "Foreclosing the Crisis." Review of The Household: Informal Order Around the Hearth, by Robert C. Ellickson. New Republic, 240.1, February 4, 2009: 45-47.

Who Should Get the Federal Stimulus Funds

Glaeser, Edward L. "Who Should Get the Federal Stimulus Funds." Boston Globe, January 5, 2009.

Green Cities, Brown Suburbs

Glaeser, Edward L. "Green Cities, Brown Suburbs." City Journal. Winter 2009, 50-51.

New Lending Deals Won't Bring Back 2006

Glaeser, Edward L. "New Lending Deals Won't Bring Back 2006." Boston Globe, December 5, 2008.

Rethinking Federal Housing Policy

Glaeser, Edward L. Rethinking Federal Housing Policy. American Enterprise Institute Press, 2008.

Don't Just Spend, Do It Wisely

Glaeser, Edward L. "Don't Just Spend, Do It Wisely." New York Times, November 25, 2008.

Want Better Schools? Hire Better Teachers.

Glaeser, Edward L. "Want Better Schools? Hire Better Teachers." Boston Globe, November 7, 2008.

This Old House Policy

Glaeser, Edward L. "This Old House Policy." Boston Globe, November 2, 2008.

Educating Ourselves about Education

Glaeser, Edward L. "Educating Ourselves about Education." Boston Globe, October 3, 2008.

Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?

Glaeser, Edward L., and William R. Kerr. "Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?" Harvard Business School Working Papers 09-055, October 2008.

The Economics of Place-Making Policies

Glaeser, Edward L, and Joshua D. Gottlieb. "The Economics of Place-Making Policies." NBER Working Papers 14373, October 2008.

Social Capital and Urban Growth

Glaeser, Edward L. "Social Capital and Urban Growth." NBER Working Papers 14374, October 2008.

Urban Inequality

Glaeser, Edward L, Matthew G. Resseger, and Kristina Tobio. "Urban Inequality." NBER Working Papers 14419, October 2008.

Symposium: Mortgages and the Housing Crash: Housing Supply and Housing Bubbles

Glaeser, Edward L, Joseph Gyourko, and Albert Saiz. "Symposium: Mortgages and the Housing Crash: Housing Supply and Housing Bubbles." Journal of Urban Economics 64.2 (September 2008): 198-217.

Auto-Emancipation

Glaeser, Edward L. "Auto-Emancipation." Review of Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do: And What It Says About Us, by Tom Vanderbilt New Republic, 239.2, August 13, 2008: 36-39.

The Folly of Fixing Energy Price Hikes

Glaeser, Edward L. "The Folly of Fixing Energy Price Hikes." Boston Globe, August 1, 2008.

The Greenness of Cities: Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Urban Development

Glaeser, Edward L., and Matthew Kahn. "The Greenness of Cities: Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Urban Development." NBER Working Papers 14238, August 2008.

State of the City

Glaeser, Edward L. "State of the City." Wall Street Journal, July 28, 2008.

Houston, New York has a Problem

Glaeser, Edward L. "Houston, New York has a Problem." New York Sun, July 16, 2008.

Cities, Agglomeration, and Spatial Equilibrium

Glaeser, Edward L. Cities, Agglomeration, and Spatial Equilibrium. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Education and Religion

Glaeser, Edward L., and Bruce I. Sacerdote. "Education and Religion." Journal of Human Capital 2.2 (Summer 2008): 188-215.

The Life of the City

Glaeser, Edward L. "The Life of the City." New York Sun, May 14, 2008.

Budgeting Based on Results

Glaeser, Edward L. "Budgeting Based on Results." Boston Globe, May 2, 2008.

Taking a Hard Line on Rewriting the Bankruptcy Code.

Glaeser, Edward L. "Taking a Hard Line on Rewriting the Bankruptcy Code." Boston Globe, April 4, 2008.

The Economics of Place-Making Policies

Glaeser, Edward L, and Joshua D. Gottlieb. "The Economics of Place-Making Policies." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 2 (Spring 2008): 155-239.

The Age of Abundance.

Glaeser, Edward L. "The Age of Abundance." New York Sun, March 26, 2008.

Arbitrage in Housing Markets.

Glaeser, Edward L., and Joseph Gyourko. "Arbitrage in Housing Markets." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP08-017, March 2008.

Social Interactions and Smoking.

Cutler, David, and Edward L. Glaeser. "Social Interactions and Smoking." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP08-018, March 2008.

A Level Playing Field for Cities.

Glaeser, Edward. "A Level Playing Field for Cities." Boston Globe, February 29, 2008.

Politicians, Places, and Bad Policies.

Glaeser, Edward L. "Politicians, Places, and Bad Policies." Boston Globe, February 1, 2008.

The Case for McCain.

Glaeser, Edward L. "The Case for McCain." New York Sun, January 28, 2008.