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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

Exchange Rate Volatility and Monetary Policy

Ilzetzki, Ethan, Carmen Reinhart, and Kenneth Rogoff. "Exchange Rate Volatility and Monetary Policy." Vox EU, April 4, 2023.

The Reversal Problem: Development Going Backwards: Development Going Backwards

Olaberria, Eduardo, and Carmen Reinhart. "The Reversal Problem: Development Going Backwards: Development Going Backwards." Let's Talk Development, The World Bank, April 15, 2022.

Is Another Food Crisis Unfolding?

Graf Von Luckner, Clemens, Kathryn Holston, and Carmen Reinhart. "Is Another Food Crisis Unfolding?" Let’s Talk Development, The World Bank, April 15, 2022.

The Perils of Debt Complacency

Reinhart, Carmen. "The Perils of Debt Complacency." Project Syndicate, 28 , September 2016.

The Commodity Rollercoaster

Reinhart, Carmen. "The Commodity Rollercoaster." Project Syndicate, November 19, 2015.

The Hidden Debt Burden of Emerging Markets

Reinhart, Carmen. "The Hidden Debt Burden of Emerging Markets." Project Syndicate, October 9, 2015.

Inflation, the Fed, and the Big Picture

Reinhart, Carmen. "Inflation, the Fed, and the Big Picture." Project Syndicate, September 3, 2015.

What Greece Can Expect

Reinhart, Carmen. "What Greece Can Expect." Bloomberg View, July 9, 2015.

Lessons for Greece: Forcible Currency Conversions from 1982 to 2015

Reinhart, Carmen. "Lessons for Greece: Forcible Currency Conversions from 1982 to 2015." VOX, July 9, 2015.

Are Negative Real Interest Rates the 'New Normal'?

Reinhart, Carmen. "Are Negative Real Interest Rates the 'New Normal'?" Nikkei Asian Review, March 5, 2015.

Sovereign-Debt Relief And Its Aftermath: The 1930s, The 1990s, The Future?

Reinhart, Carmen and Christoph Trebesch. "Sovereign-Debt Relief And Its Aftermath: The 1930s, The 1990s, The Future?" Vox, October 21, 2014.

Venezuela's Economic Underperformance

Reinhart, Carmen, and Kenneth Rogoff. "Venezuela's Economic Underperformance." Project Syndicate, October 13, 2014.

Investment In The Wake of Crises: Asia 15 Years Later

Reinhart, Carmen and Takeshi Tashiro. "Investment In The Wake of Crises: Asia 15 Years Later." Vox, December 17, 2013.

Of Debt, Growth, Interest Rates & History

Reinhart, Carmen. "Of Debt, Growth, Interest Rates & History." Bloomberg Business, November 5, 2013.

Debt, Growth and the Austerity Debate

Reinhart, Carmen, and Kenneth S. Rogoff. "Debt, Growth and the Austerity Debate." New York Times, April 25, 2013.

Sorry, U.S. Recoveries Really Aren’t Different

Reinhart, Carmen, and Kenneth S. Rogoff. "Sorry, U.S. Recoveries Really Aren’t Different." Bloomberg, October 15, 2012.

Financial Repression Back to Stay

Reinhart, Carmen. "Financial Repression Back to Stay." Bloomberg Business, March 11, 2012.