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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.

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

Recovering from COVID

Stock, James H., and Mark W. Watson. "Recovering from COVID." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, March 26, 2025.

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.

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.

The Macroeconomic Impact of Europe’s Carbon Taxes

Metcalf, Gilbert E., and James H. Stock. "The Macroeconomic Impact of Europe’s Carbon Taxes." National Bureau of Economic Research, July 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.

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

Aspelund, Karl M., Michael Droste, James H. Stock, and Christopher D. Walker. "Identification and Estimation of Undetected COVID-19 Cases Using Testing Data from Iceland." June 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.

Reopening the Coronavirus-Closed Economy

Stock, James H. "Reopening the Coronavirus-Closed Economy." Hutchins Center, 2020.

Reopening Scenarios

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

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.

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.

Has the Business Cycle Changed and Why?

Stock, James H., and Mark W. Watson. "Has the Business Cycle Changed and Why?" NBER Working Paper Series 9127, September 2002.

Testing for Weak Instruments in Linear IV Regression.

Stock, James H., and Motohiro Yogo. "Testing for Weak Instruments in Linear IV Regression." Working Paper, 2001.

Forecasting Output and Inflation: The Role of Asset Prices.

Stock, James H., and Mark W. Watson. "Forecasting Output and Inflation: The Role of Asset Prices." NBER Working Paper 8180, 2001.