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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

The Politics of Rule of Law Systems in Developmental States: 'Political Settlements' as a Basis for Promoting Effective Justice Institutions for Marginalized Groups

Woolcock, Michael and Deval Desai. "The Politics of Rule of Law Systems in Developmental States: 'Political Settlements' as a Basis for Promoting Effective Justice Institutions for Marginalized Groups." Effective States and Inclusion Development Research Center, July 2012.

Popular Representations of Development: Insights from Novels, Films, Television, and Social Media

Edited by Michael Woolcock, Brian Tamanaha, and Caroline Sage. Popular Representations of Development: Insights from Novels, Films, Television, and Social Media. Routledge, June 2012.

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 Search For Empowerment: Social Capital as Idea and Practice at the World Bank

Bebbington, Anthony, Michael Woolcock, Scott Guggenheim, and Elizabeth Olson, eds. The Search For Empowerment: Social Capital as Idea and Practice at the World Bank. Kumarian Press, 2006.

Social Capital: Implications for Development Theory, Research, and Policy.

Woolcock, Michael, and Deepa Narayan. "Social Capital: Implications for Development Theory, Research, and Policy." The Search for Empowerment: Social Capital as Idea and Practice at the World Bank. Ed. Anthony Bebbington, Michael Woolcock, Scott Guggenheim, and Elizabeth Olson. Kumarian Press, 2006, 31-62.

The Ideas/Practice Nexus in International Development Organizations: Social Capital at the World Bank.

Bebbington, Anthony, Scott Guggenheim, and Michael Woolcock. "The Ideas/Practice Nexus in International Development Organizations: Social Capital at the World Bank." The Search for Empowerment: Social Capital as Idea and Practice at the World Bank. Ed. Anthony Bebbington, Michael Woolcock, Scott Guggenheim, and Elizabeth Olson. Kumarian Press, 2006, 1-27.

Concepts: Their Contexts and Consequences.

Bebbington, Anthony, Scott Guggenheim, and Michael Woolcock. "Concepts: Their Contexts and Consequences." The Search for Empowerment: Social Capital as Idea and Practice at the World Bank. Ed. Anthony Bebbington, Michael Woolcock, Scott Guggenheim, and Elizabeth Olson. Kumarian Press, 2006, 261-287.

Empowerment and Local-Level Conflict Mediation in Indonesia.

Woolcock, Michael. "Empowerment and Local-Level Conflict Mediation in Indonesia." Empowerment in Practice: From Analysis to Implementation. Ed. Ruth Alsop, Mette Bertelsen, and Jeremy Holland. World Bank, 2006, 172-192.

Analyzing Social Capital in Context: A Guide to Using Qualitative Methods and Data.

Dudwick, Nora, Kathleen Keuhnast, Veronica Nyhan Jones, and Michael Woolcock. "Analyzing Social Capital in Context: A Guide to Using Qualitative Methods and Data." World Bank Institute Working Paper, 2006.

Review of Urbanization in India: Sociological Contributions

Woolcock, Michael. Review of Urbanization in India: Sociological Contributions, Ed. Ranvinder Singh Sandhu. Journal of Regional Science, 46.2 May 2006: 405-406.

Breaking Legal Inequality Traps: New Approaches to Building Justice Systems for the Poor in Developing Countries.

Woolcock, Michael, and Caroline Sage. "Breaking Legal Inequality Traps: New Approaches to Building Justice Systems for the Poor in Developing Countries." Prepared for Social Development and Policy Conference, December 2005.

Social Capital and CDD Projects in East Asia: Reviewing the Evidence, Exploring the Implications.

Woolcock, Michael, and Robert Sage. "Social Capital and CDD Projects in East Asia: Reviewing the Evidence, Exploring the Implications." Prepared for Social Development and Policy Conference, December 2005.

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.

Empowerment and Local Level Conflict Mediation in Indonesia: A Comparative Analysis of Concepts, Measures, and Project Efficacy.

Woolcock, Michael, and Christopher Gibson. "Empowerment and Local Level Conflict Mediation in Indonesia: A Comparative Analysis of Concepts, Measures, and Project Efficacy." World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3713, September 2005.

A New Framework for Social Development

Woolcock, Michael, and Mary McNeil. "A New Framework for Social Development." Development Outreach. September 2005.

The Fiction of Development: Literary Representation as a Source of Authoritative Knowledge.

Woolcock, Michael, David Lewis and Dennis Rodgers. "The Fiction of Development: Literary Representation as a Source of Authoritative Knowledge." Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics, Working Paper 05-61, August 2005.

Customary Law and Policy Reform: Engaging with the Plurality of Justice Systems.

Chirayath, Leila, Caroline Sage, and Michael Woolcock. "Customary Law and Policy Reform: Engaging with the Plurality of Justice Systems." Background Paper, World Development Report 2006: Equity and Development, July 2005.

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

Woolcock, Michael, and Simon Szreter. "Health by Association? Social Capital, Social Theory and the Political Economy of Public Health." Health and Wealth: Studies in History and Policy. Ed. Simon Szreter. University of Rochester Press, 2005, 376-415.

Social Exclusion and Mobility in Brazil

Woolcock, Michael, and Estanislao Gacitua-Mario, eds. Social Exclusion and Mobility in Brazil. The World Bank, June 2005 (in Portuguese).

Learning from Failures in Microfinance: What Unsuccessful Cases Tell Us About <i>How</i> Group-Based Programs Work.

Woolcock, Michael. "Learning from Failures in Microfinance: What Unsuccessful Cases Tell Us About How Group-Based Programs Work." Microfinance: An Introduction. Ed. Vijaya Agarwal and VRP Kashyap. ICFAI University Press, 2005, 62-90.

Capacity Enhancement for Social Development: Building on Local Context and Process.

McNeil, Mary, and Michael Woolcock. "Capacity Enhancement for Social Development: Building on Local Context and Process." World Bank Institute Working Paper, Stock No. 37245, December 2004.

Understanding Local Level Conflict Pathways in Developing Countries: Theory, Evidence, and Implications from Indonesia.

Barron, Patrick, Claire Q. Smith, and Michael Woolcock. "Understanding Local Level Conflict Pathways in Developing Countries: Theory, Evidence, and Implications from Indonesia." World Bank Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Unit, Working Paper 19, December 2004.

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.

Measuring Social Capital: An Integrated Questionnaire.

Grootaert, Christiaan, Deepa Narayan, Veronica Nyhan Jones, and Michael Woolcock. "Measuring Social Capital: An Integrated Questionnaire." World Bank Working Paper Series No. 18, January 2004.

Getting the Social Relations Right: Toward an Integrated Theology and Theory of Development.

Woolcock, Michael. "Getting the Social Relations Right: Toward an Integrated Theology and Theory of Development." Globalisation and the Good. Ed. Peter Heslam. Eerdmans Publishing, 2004, 41-51.

Empowerment at the Local Level: Issues, Responses, Assessments.

Woolcock, Michael. "Empowerment at the Local Level: Issues, Responses, Assessments." Power, Rights and Poverty: Concepts and Connections. Ed. Ruth Alsop. World Bank, 2004, 111-117.