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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

If the Banks are Doing so Well, Why Can't I Get a Loan? Regulatory Constraints to Financial Inclusion in Indonesia

Prasetyantoko, A and Jay K. Rosengard. "If the Banks are Doing so Well, Why Can't I Get a Loan? Regulatory Constraints to Financial Inclusion in Indonesia." Asian Economic Policy Review 6.2 (December 2011): 273-296.

Thinking Outside of the Organizational Box: Institutional Innovation in the Sustainable Provision of Microfinance Services

Rosengard, Jay K. "Thinking Outside of the Organizational Box: Institutional Innovation in the Sustainable Provision of Microfinance Services." Reflets et Perspectives de la Vie Economique XLVIII.3 (2009): 19-27.

The Promise and the Peril of Microfinance Institutions in Indonesia.

Rosengard, Jay K., Richard H. Patten, Don E. Johnston, and Widjojo Koesoemo. "The Promise and the Peril of Microfinance Institutions in Indonesia." Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies 43.1 (April 2007): 87-112.

SymBanc: A Simulator for Microfinance Institutions.

Hirsch, Gary, Jay K. Rosengard, Guy Stuart and Don Johnston, Jr. "SymBanc: A Simulator for Microfinance Institutions." ADB Finance for the Poor 6.4 (December 2005): 8-15.

Will Bank Bailouts Bust Budgets? Fiscalisation of the East Asian Financial Crisis.

Rosengard, Jay K. "Will Bank Bailouts Bust Budgets? Fiscalisation of the East Asian Financial Crisis." Asian-Pacific Economic Literature 18.2 (November 2004): 19-29.

“Banking on Social Entrepreneurship: The Commercialization of Microfinance.

Rosengard, Jay K. “Banking on Social Entrepreneurship: The Commercialization of Microfinance." Mondes en Développement 32-2004/2.126 (September 2004): 25-36.

Haciendo lo Bueno para Hacer Bien: El Futuro de las Microfinanzas por Medio de Instituciones Financieras Reguladas (Doing Well by Doing Good: The Future of Microfinance via Regulated Financial Institu

Rosengard, Jay. "Haciendo lo Bueno para Hacer Bien: El Futuro de las Microfinanzas por Medio de Instituciones Financieras Reguladas (Doing Well by Doing Good: The Future of Microfinance via Regulated Financial Institutions)." The Anáhuac Journal 4.1 (2003): 13-20.

Microfinance Success amidst Macroeconomic Failure: The Experience of Bank Rakyat Indonesia During the East Asian Crisis.

Rosengard, Jay, Richard H. Patten, and Don E. Johnston, Jr. "Microfinance Success amidst Macroeconomic Failure: The Experience of Bank Rakyat Indonesia During the East Asian Crisis." World Development 29.6 (June 2001): 1057-1069.