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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.

A family with a father, mother, and two small children walking on a dirt path.
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.

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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

National Fiscal Policies to Fight Recessions in US States

Dynan, Karen, and Douglas Elmendorf. "National Fiscal Policies to Fight Recessions in US States." AEA Papers and Proceedings 110 (May 2020): 131-136.

Our Troubling Fiscal Situation

Elmendorf, Douglas. "Our Troubling Fiscal Situation." Business Economics 54 (January 2019): 131–133.

Federal Policy and Economic Growth

Elmendorf, Douglas. "Federal Policy and Economic Growth." Business Economics 52.3 (July 2017): 149–153.

Federal Budget Policy with an Aging Population and Persistently Low Interest Rates

Elmendorf, Douglas, and Louise M. Sheiner. "Federal Budget Policy with an Aging Population and Persistently Low Interest Rates." Journal of Economic Perspectives 31.3 (Summer 2017).

Federal Budget Policy with an Aging Population and Persistently Low Interest Rates

Elmendorf, Douglas W., and Louise Sheiner. "Federal Budget Policy with an Aging Population and Persistently Low Interest Rates." Hutchins Center Working Papers (October 2016).

Designing Federal Budget Policy to Spur Economic Growth

Elmendorf, Douglas. "Designing Federal Budget Policy to Spur Economic Growth." The Brookings Institution (October 13, 2015).

Designing Federal Budget Policy to Spur Economic Growth

Elmendorf, Douglas. "Designing Federal Budget Policy to Spur Economic Growth." Business Economics 50 162-168.

Dynamic Scoring: Why and How to Include Macroeconomic Effects in Budget Estimates for Legislative Proposals

Elmendorf, Douglas. "Dynamic Scoring: Why and How to Include Macroeconomic Effects in Budget Estimates for Legislative Proposals." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (September 2015).

CBO’s Outlook for the Economy in February 2014

Elmendorf, Douglas. "CBO’s Outlook for the Economy in February 2014." Business Economics (September 2014).

Comment on ‘Is This Time Different? The Slowdown in Healthcare Spending

Elmendorf, Douglas. "Comment on ‘Is This Time Different? The Slowdown in Healthcare Spending." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (2013).

The Evolution of Household Income Volatility

Dynan, Karen, Douglas Elmendorf, and Daniel Sichel. "The Evolution of Household Income Volatility." The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy 12.2 (December 2012).

Choices for Federal Spending and Taxes

Elmendorf, Douglas. "Choices for Federal Spending and Taxes." Business Economics 47.3 (August 2012): 161-164.

Four Observations About the Federal Budget

Elmendorf, Douglas. "Four Observations About the Federal Budget." Business Economics 46.3 (September 2011): 139-143.