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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

The Future of Multilateralism and Global Development: Opportunities for Constitutive and Functional Reform

Singh, J.P., and Michael Woolcock. "The Future of Multilateralism and Global Development: Opportunities for Constitutive and Functional Reform." Global Perspectives 3.1 (December 2022): 57594.

The Sounds of Development: Musical Representations as (An)other Source of Development Knowledge

Woolcock, Michael, David Lewis, and Dennis Rodgers. "The Sounds of Development: Musical Representations as (An)other Source of Development Knowledge." Journal of Development Studies 57.8 (June 2021): 1397-1412.

The Social Life of Articles: Some Reflections on the Making and Impact of ‘Social Capital and Economic Development’

Woolcock, Michael. "The Social Life of Articles: Some Reflections on the Making and Impact of ‘Social Capital and Economic Development’." Theory and Society 50.3 (April 2021): 381-392.

When do Development Projects Enhance Community Well-Being?

Woolcock, Michael. "When do Development Projects Enhance Community Well-Being?" International Journal of Community Well-Being 2 (July 2019): 81-89.

Enhancing Public Health Outcomes in Developing Countries: From Good Policies and Best Practices to Better Implementation

Woolcock, Michael. "Enhancing Public Health Outcomes in Developing Countries: From Good Policies and Best Practices to Better Implementation." Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 46.Suppl 22 (April 2018): 10-18.

The Projection of Development: Cinematic Representation as A(nother) Source of Authoritative Knowledge?

Lewis, David, Dennis Rodgers, and Michael Woolcock. "The Projection of Development: Cinematic Representation as A(nother) Source of Authoritative Knowledge?" Journal of Development Studies 49.3 (2013): 383-397.

Looking Like a State: Techniques of Persistent Failure in State Capability for Implementation

Andrews, Matthew, Lant Pritchett, and Michael Woolcock. "Looking Like a State: Techniques of Persistent Failure in State Capability for Implementation." Journal of Development Studies 49(1) (January 2013): 1-18.

Looking Like a State: Techniques of Persistent Failure in State Capability for Implementation

Lant Pritchett, Michael Woolcock, and Matthew Andrews. "Looking Like a State: Techniques of Persistent Failure in State Capability for Implementation." Journal of Development Studies 49.1 (January 2013): 1-18.

Intersubjective Meaning and Collective Action in Developing Societies: Theory, Evidence and Policy Implications

Gauri, Varun, Michael Woolcock, and Deval Desai. "Intersubjective Meaning and Collective Action in Developing Societies: Theory, Evidence and Policy Implications." Journal of Development Studies 49.1 (2013): 160-172.

Social Cohesion, Institutions, and Growth.

Easterly, William, Jozef Ritzen, and Michael Woolcock. "Social Cohesion, Institutions, and Growth." Economics and Politics 18.2 (July 2006): 103-120.

The Varieties of Resource Experience: How Natural Resource Export Structures Affect the Political Economy of Economic Growth.

Woolcock, Michael, Johnathan Isham, Lant Pritchett, and Gwen Busby. "The Varieties of Resource Experience: How Natural Resource Export Structures Affect the Political Economy of Economic Growth." World Bank Economic Review 19.2 (October 2005): 141-174.

Crafting Rigorous and Relevant Social Theory for Public Health Policy.

Szreter, Simon, and Michael Woolcock. "Crafting Rigorous and Relevant Social Theory for Public Health Policy." International Journal of Epidemiology 33.4 (August 2004): 700-704.

Health by Association? Social Capital, Social Theory and the Political Economy of Public Health.

Szreter, Simon, and Michael Woolcock. "Health by Association? Social Capital, Social Theory and the Political Economy of Public Health." International Journal of Epidemiology 33.4 (August 2004): 650-657.

Exploring Social Capital Debates at the World Bank.

Bebbington, Anthony, Scott Guggenheim, Elizabeth Olson, and Michael Woolcock. "Exploring Social Capital Debates at the World Bank." Journal of Development Studies 40.5 (June 2004): 33-64.

Why and How Planners Should Take Social Capital Seriously.

Woolcock, Michael. "Why and How Planners Should Take Social Capital Seriously." Journal of the American Planning Association 70.2 (May 2004): 183-189.

Solutions When the Solution Is the Problem: Arraying the Disarray in Development.

Pritchett, Lant, and Michael Woolcock. "Solutions When the Solution Is the Problem: Arraying the Disarray in Development." World Development 32.2 (February 2004): 191-212.