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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

A Tax Reform to Cut Complexity, Increase Fairness

Summers, Lawrence H. "A Tax Reform to Cut Complexity, Increase Fairness." Washington Post, December 16, 2012.

The ‘Obama Debt’ Fallacy

Summers, Lawrence H. "The ‘Obama Debt’ Fallacy." Reuters, November 5, 2012.

Why the UK Must Reverse its Economic Course

Summers, Lawrence H. "Why the UK Must Reverse its Economic Course." Reuters, September 17, 2012.

America’s State Will Expand Whoever Wins

Summers, Lawrence H. "America’s State Will Expand Whoever Wins." Financial Times, August 19, 2012.

The Reality of Trying to Shrink Government

Summers, Lawrence H. "The Reality of Trying to Shrink Government." Washington Post, August 19, 2012.

Focus on Equality of Opportunity, Not Outcomes

Summers, Lawrence H. "Focus on Equality of Opportunity, Not Outcomes." Reuters, July 16, 2012.

Europe Must Be Persuaded to Make a Permanent Fix

Summers, Lawrence H. "Europe Must Be Persuaded to Make a Permanent Fix." Reuters, June 18, 2012.

Look Beyond Interest Rates to Get Out of the Gloom

Summers, Lawrence H. "Look Beyond Interest Rates to Get Out of the Gloom." Financial Times, June 4, 2012.

Europe’s Growth Challenge

Summers, Lawrence H. "Europe’s Growth Challenge." Washington Post, April 29, 2012.

Romney’s Fiscal Fantasy Plan

Summers, Lawrence H. "Romney’s Fiscal Fantasy Plan." Washington Post, April 26, 2012.

How to Ensure Stimulus Today, Austerity Tomorrow

Summers, Lawrence H. "How to Ensure Stimulus Today, Austerity Tomorrow." Financial Times, March 25, 2012.

The U.S. Tax System Needs Rebuilding

Summers, Lawrence H. "The U.S. Tax System Needs Rebuilding." Financial Times, February 26, 2012.

The US Tax System Needs Rebuilding

Summers, Lawrence H. "The US Tax System Needs Rebuilding." Financial Times, February 26, 2012.

Economic Uncertainty is No Excuse for Inaction

Summers, Lawrence H. "Economic Uncertainty is No Excuse for Inaction." Financial Times, January 23, 2012.

What You (Really) Need to Know

Summers, Lawrence H. "What You (Really) Need to Know." New York Times, January 20, 2012.

Why Isn’t Capitalism Working?

Summers, Lawrence H. "Why Isn’t Capitalism Working?" Reuters, January 9, 2012.

Time for the IMF to Step Forward

Summers, Lawrence H. "Time for the IMF to Step Forward." Washington Post, December 8, 2011.

Three Ways to Combat Rising Inequality

Summers, Lawrence H. "Three Ways to Combat Rising Inequality." Washington Post, November 20, 2011.

Five Grim and Essential Lessons for World Leaders

Summers, Lawrence H. "Five Grim and Essential Lessons for World Leaders." Financial Times, November 3, 2011.

How to Stabilize the Housing Market

Summers, Lawrence H. "How to Stabilize the Housing Market." Washington Post, October 23, 2011.

Harvard Must Remain Bold in a Changing World

Summers, Lawrence H. "Harvard Must Remain Bold in a Changing World." Boston Globe, October 15, 2011.

The World Must Insist that Europe Act

Summers, Lawrence H. "The World Must Insist that Europe Act." Finance Times, September 19, 2011.

Mr. President, We Need a 10-Year Plan

Summers, Lawrence H. "Mr. President, We Need a 10-Year Plan." Newsweek/Daily Beast, September 12, 2011.

Patriotism on the Quad

Summers, Lawrence H. "Patriotism on the Quad." New Republic & National Post, September 9, 2011.

Moving Forward After the Debt Deal

Summers, Lawrence H. "Moving Forward After the Debt Deal." Washington Post, August 2, 2011.

Time is of the Essence, Any US Budget Deal Will Do

Summers, Lawrence H. "Time is of the Essence, Any US Budget Deal Will Do." Financial Times, July 12, 2011.

Our Agenda for the G-20

Summers, Lawrence H., and Timothy Geithner. "Our Agenda for the G-20." Wall Street Journal, June 23, 2010.

How Globalization Affects Tax Design

Hines, Jr., James R., and Lawrence H. Summers. How Globalization Affects Tax Design. Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 23. Ed. Jeffrey R. Brown and James M. Poterba. University of Chicago Press, 2009, 123-157.

How Globalization Affects Tax Design

Hines, James R., and Lawrence H. Summers. "How Globalization Affects Tax Design." NBER Working Papers 14664, January 2009.

Obama's Down Payment: A Stimulus Must Aim for Long-Term Results

Summers, Lawrence H. "Obama's Down Payment: A Stimulus Must Aim for Long-Term Results." Washington Post, December 28, 2008.

Policymaking for Posterity

Summers, Lawrence H., and Richard Zeckhauser. "Policymaking for Posterity." Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 37.2 (December 2008): 115-140.

The Pendulum Swings Towards Regulation

Summers, Lawrence. "The Pendulum Swings Towards Regulation." Financial Times, October 26, 2008.

The $700bn Bail-out and the Budget

Summers, Lawrence H. "The $700bn Bail-out and the Budget." Financial Times, September 28, 2008.

Policymaking for Posterity

Summers, Lawrence H., and Richard Zeckhauser. "Policymaking for Posterity." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series and NBER Working Papers (RWP08-040 and 14359), August 2008.

How to Build a US Recovery

Summers, Lawrence H. "How to Build a US Recovery." Financial Times, August 7, 2008.

The Way Forward for Freddie and Fannie

Summers, Lawrence H. "The Way Forward for Freddie and Fannie." Financial Times, July 28, 2008.

American Needs to Make a New Case for Trade

Summers, Lawrence H. "American Needs to Make a New Case for Trade." Financial Times, April 28, 2008.

Steps that Can Safeguard America's Economy

Summers, Lawrence H. "Steps that Can Safeguard America's Economy." Financial Times, March 31, 2008.

Epiphanies: Lawrence Summers

Summers, Lawrence H. "Epiphanies: Lawrence Summers." Foreign Policy. March/April 2008.

America Needs a Way to Stem Foreclosures.

Summers, Lawrence H. "America Needs a Way to Stem Foreclosures." Financial Times, February 24, 2008.

Beyond Fiscal Stimulus, More Action is Needed.

Summers, Lawrence H. "Beyond Fiscal Stimulus, More Action is Needed." Financial Times, January 27, 2008.

We Need Greater Transparency.

Summers, Lawrence H. "We Need Greater Transparency." Newsweek International, January 25, 2008.

Why America Must Have a Fiscal Stimulus.

Summers, Lawrence H. "Why America Must Have a Fiscal Stimulus." Financial Times, January 5, 2008.

Wake up to the Dangers of a Deepening Crisis.

Summers, Lawrence H. "Wake up to the Dangers of a Deepening Crisis." Financial Times, November 26, 2007.

U.S. Must Do More to Avert a Recession.

Summers, Lawrence H. "U.S. Must Do More to Avert a Recession." Financial Times, November 25, 2007.

The Global Middle Cries Out for Reassurance.

Summers, Lawrence H. "The Global Middle Cries Out for Reassurance." Financial Times, October 29, 2007.

How America Must Handle the Falling Dollar.

Summers, Lawrence H. "How America Must Handle the Falling Dollar." Financial Times, October 27, 2007.

Beware Moral Hazard Fundamentalists.

Summers, Lawrence H. "Beware Moral Hazard Fundamentalists." Financial Times, September 24, 2007.

This Is Where Fannie and Freddie Step In.

Summers, Lawrence H. "This Is Where Fannie and Freddie Step In." Financial Times, August 26, 2007.

Funds that Shake Capitalist Logic.

Summers, Lawrence H. "Funds that Shake Capitalist Logic." Financial Times, July 29, 2007.