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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

International Lending in War and Peace

Horn, Sebastian, Carmen M. Reinhart, and Chrisoph Trebesch. "International Lending in War and Peace." October 2024.

Sovereign Debt: 200 Years of Creditor Losses

Graf Von Luckner, Clemens, Josefin Meyer, Carmen M. Reinhart, and Christoph Trebesch. "Sovereign Debt: 200 Years of Creditor Losses." NBER Working Paper Series, June 2024.

The Social Costs of Sovereign Default

Farah-Yacoub, Juan P., Clemens M. Graf von Luckner, and Carmen M. Reinhart. "The Social Costs of Sovereign Default." NBER Working Paper Series, June 2024.

China as an International Lender of Last Resort

Horn, Sebastian, Bradley C. Parks, Carmen M. Reinhart, and Cristoph Trebesch. "China as an International Lender of Last Resort." World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series, March 2023.

The Social Costs of Sovereign Default

Farah-Yacoub, Juan P., Clemens Graf von Luckner, Rita Ramalho, and Carmen Reinhart. "The Social Costs of Sovereign Default." World Bank Group, Policy Research Working Paper Series, August 2022.

Hidden Defaults

Horn, Sebastian, Carmen M. Reinhart, and Christoph Trebesch. "Hidden Defaults." World Bank, Policy Research Working Paper Series, February 2022.

Decrypting New Age International Capital Flows

Graf von Luckner, Clemens, Carmen M. Reinhart, and Kenneth S. Rogoff. "Decrypting New Age International Capital Flows." NBER Working Paper Series, October 2021.

Rethinking Exchange Rate Regimes

Ilzetzki, Ethan, Carmen M. Reinhart, and Kenneth S. Rogoff. "Rethinking Exchange Rate Regimes." NBER Working Paper Series, October 2021.

The Aftermath of Debt Surges

Kose, M. Ayhan, Franziska L. Ohnsorge, Carmen M. Reinhart, and Kenneth S. Rogoff. "The Aftermath of Debt Surges." NBER Working Paper Series, September 2021.

From Health Crisis to Financial Distress

Reinhart, Carmen. "From Health Crisis to Financial Distress." World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series, April 2021.

Will the Secular Decline In Exchange Rate and Inflation Volatility Survive COVID-19?

Ilzetzki, Ethan, Carmen M. Reinhart, and Kenneth S. Rogoff. "Will the Secular Decline In Exchange Rate and Inflation Volatility Survive COVID-19?" National Bureau of Economic Research, November 2020.

Coping with Disasters: Two Centuries of International Official Lending

Horn, Sebastian, Carmen M. Reinhart, and Christoph Trebesch. "Coping with Disasters: Two Centuries of International Official Lending." June 2020.

The Debt Pandemic

Bulow, Jeremy, Carmen Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff, and Christoph Trebesch. "The Debt Pandemic." 2020.

China's Overseas Lending

Horn, Sebastian, Carmen M. Reinhart, Christoph Trebesch. "China's Overseas Lending." July 2019.