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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.

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

The Market and Climate Implications of U.S. LNG Exports

Stock, James H., and Matthew Zaragoza-Watkins. "The Market and Climate Implications of U.S. LNG Exports." NBER Working Paper Series, March 2024.

Slack and Cyclically Sensitive Inflation

Stock, James H., and Mark W. Watson. "Slack and Cyclically Sensitive Inflation." Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 52.S2 (December 2020): 393-428.

Economic Benefits of COVID-19 Screening Tests

Atkeson, Andrew, Michael C. Droste, Michael Mina, and James H. Stock. "Economic Benefits of COVID-19 Screening Tests." National Bureau of Economic Research, November 2020.

Identification and Estimation of Undetected COVID-19 Cases Using Testing Data from Iceland

Aspelund, Karl M., Michael C. Droste, James H. Stock, and Christopher D. Walker. "Identification and Estimation of Undetected COVID-19 Cases Using Testing Data from Iceland." National Bureau of Economic Research, July 2020.

Policies for a Second Wave

Baqaee, David, Emmanuel Farhi, Michael Mina, and James H. Stock. "Policies for a Second Wave." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, June 2020.

The Effects of Fuel Prices, Environmental Regulations, and Other Factors on US Coal Production, 2008-2016

Coglianese, John, Todd D. Gerarden, and James H. Stock. "The Effects of Fuel Prices, Environmental Regulations, and Other Factors on US Coal Production, 2008-2016." The Energy Journal 41.1 (June 2020).

The Price of Biodiesel RINs and Economic Fundamentals

Irwin, Scott H., Kristen McCormack, and James H. Stock. "The Price of Biodiesel RINs and Economic Fundamentals." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 102.3 (May 2020): 734-752.

Reopening Scenarios

Baqaee, David, Emmanuel Farhi, Michael J. Mina, and James H. Stock. "Reopening Scenarios." National Bureau of Economic Research, May 2020.

Measuring the Macroeconomic Impact of Carbon Taxes

Metcalf, Gilbert E., and James H. Stock. "Measuring the Macroeconomic Impact of Carbon Taxes." AEA Papers and Proceedings 10 (May 2020): 101-106.

US Economic Activity During the Early Weeks of the SARS-Cov-2 Outbreak

Lewis, Daniel, Karel Mertens, and James H. Stock. "US Economic Activity During the Early Weeks of the SARS-Cov-2 Outbreak." National Bureau of Economic Research, April 2020.

Measuring Real Activity Using a Weekly Economic Index

Lewis, Daniel J., Karel Mertens, James H. Stock, and Mihir Trivedi. "Measuring Real Activity Using a Weekly Economic Index." Federal Reserve Bank of New York, April 2020.

Data Gaps and the Policy Response to the Novel Coronavirus

Stock, James H. "Data Gaps and the Policy Response to the Novel Coronavirus." National Bureau of Economic Research, March 2020.

Reopening the Coronavirus-Closed Economy

Eberly, Janice C., James H. Stock, and Jonathan H. Wright. "Reopening the Coronavirus-Closed Economy." International Journal of Central Banking 16.1 (February 2020): 5-71.

Federal Coal Program Reform, the Clean Power Plan, and the Interaction of Upstream and Downstream Climate Policies

Gerarden, Todd D., W. Spencer Reeder, and James H. Stock. "Federal Coal Program Reform, the Clean Power Plan, and the Interaction of Upstream and Downstream Climate Policies." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 12.1 (February 2020): 167-199.

Quasi-Experimental Estimates of the Transient Climate Response Using Observational Data

Montamat, Giselle, and James H. Stock. "Quasi-Experimental Estimates of the Transient Climate Response Using Observational Data." Climatic Change (2020): 1-11.

Climate Change, Climate Policy, and Economic Growth

Stock, James H. "Climate Change, Climate Policy, and Economic Growth." NBER Macroeconomics Annual 34.1 (January 2020): 399-419.

Cost Pass-Through to Higher Ethanol Blends at the Pump: Evidence from Minnesota Gas Station Data

Li, Jing, and James H. Stock. "Cost Pass-Through to Higher Ethanol Blends at the Pump: Evidence from Minnesota Gas Station Data." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 93 (January 2019): 1-19.

The Price of Biodiesel RINs and Economic Fundamentals

Irwin, Scott H., Kristen McCormack, and James H. Stock. "The Price of Biodiesel RINs and Economic Fundamentals." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series, December 2018.

HAR Inference: Recommendations for Practice

Lazarus, Eben, Daniel J. Lewis, James H. Stock, and Mark W. Watson. "HAR Inference: Recommendations for Practice." Journal of Business & Economic Statistics 36.4 (October 2018): 541-559.

Identification and Estimation of Dynamic Causal Effects in Macroeconomics Using External Instruments

Stock, James H., and Mark W. Watson. "Identification and Estimation of Dynamic Causal Effects in Macroeconomics Using External Instruments." The Economic Journal 128.610 (May 2018): 917-948.