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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.

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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 reversal of reproductive rights in America is contrary to global trends. Why? Compared with similar Western democracies, Republican voters are exceptionally socially conservative, religious and au

Norris, Pippa. "The reversal of reproductive rights in America is contrary to global trends. Why? Compared with similar Western democracies, Republican voters are exceptionally socially conservative, religious and authoritarian." USAPP: United States Politics and Policy Blog, June 30, 2022.

What do ordinary Russians really think about the war in Ukraine?

Kizilova, Kseniya, and Pippa Norris. "What do ordinary Russians really think about the war in Ukraine?" EUROPP: European Politics and Policy Blog, March 17, 2022.

What mobilises the Ukrainian resistance?

Norris, Pippa and Kseniya Kizilova. "What mobilises the Ukrainian resistance?" Europpblog, 3 March 2022.

It Happened in America

Norris, Pippa. "It Happened in America." Foreign Affairs, January 7, 2021.

It's Not Just Trump. Authoritarian Populism is Rising Across the West. Here's Why.

Norris, Pippa. "It's Not Just Trump. Authoritarian Populism is Rising Across the West. Here's Why." Washington Post, March 11, 2016.

Campaign for Democracy: How to Make 'Wasted Votes' Count.

Norris, Pippa. "Campaign for Democracy: How to Make 'Wasted Votes' Count." The Independent, June 15, 2005.

Everyone Leaves with a Balloon from the Party with Few Losers.

Norris, Pippa. "Everyone Leaves with a Balloon from the Party with Few Losers." Financial Times, May 7, 2005.

Did the Campaign Matter?

Norris, Pippa. "Did the Campaign Matter?" Financial Times, May 5, 2005.

Small Shifts in Support Make Big Difference at Westminster.

Norris, Pippa. "Small Shifts in Support Make Big Difference at Westminster." Financial Times, May 4, 2005.

Low Turnout May Be Serious, But Don't Call It a Crisis Yet.

Norris, Pippa. "Low Turnout May Be Serious, But Don't Call It a Crisis Yet." Financial Times, April 26, 2005.

Stirring up Apathy?

Norris, Pippa. "Stirring up Apathy?" Financial Times, April 25, 2005.

Parties Back Ethnic Minority Candidates in the Race for Seats.

Norris, Pippa. "Parties Back Ethnic Minority Candidates in the Race for Seats." Financial Times, April 21, 2005.

Immigration Is One of the Few Key Policies Left for the Right.

Norris, Pippa. "Immigration Is One of the Few Key Policies Left for the Right." Financial Times, April 14, 2005.

Tories' Best Hope of Victory Is that the Pollsters Have Got it Wrong.

Norris, Pippa. "Tories' Best Hope of Victory Is that the Pollsters Have Got it Wrong." Financial Times, April 6, 2005.

Spain Votes - Bombers Score a Political Victory.

Norris, Pippa. "Spain Votes - Bombers Score a Political Victory." Newsday, March 16, 2004.