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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

Mobility Management for Smart Cities Professionals

Goldsmith, Stephen, and Wyatt Cmar. "Mobility Management for Smart Cities Professionals." Empowering the New Mobility Workforce. Ed. Tyler Reeb. Elsevier, 2019.

The Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics: Institutionalizing Analytical Excellence

Goldsmith, Stephen, and Craig Campbell. "The Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics: Institutionalizing Analytical Excellence." Smarter New York City: How City Agencies Innovate. Ed. André Correa d’Almeida. Columbia University Press, 2018.

How the User Experience (UX) Can Build Trust in Local Government

Goldsmith, Stephen. "How the User Experience (UX) Can Build Trust in Local Government." Urban Policy 2018. Manhattan Institute, 2018.

Unclogging the Permit Pipeline

Goldsmith, Stephen, and Michael Hendrix. "Unclogging the Permit Pipeline." Urban Policy 2018. Manhattan Institute, 2018.

Data Engagement Leads to Innovative Solutions

Goldsmith, Stephen. "Data Engagement Leads to Innovative Solutions." America, the Owner’s Manual: Making Government Work for You. Ed. Bob Graham and Chris Hand. SAGE - CQ Press, 2017.

Urban Ecology as the New Planning Paradigm: Another Legacy of Jane Jacobs

Goldsmith, Stephen. "Urban Ecology as the New Planning Paradigm: Another Legacy of Jane Jacobs." Contemporary Perspectives on Jane Jacobs: Reassessing the Impacts of an Urban Visionary. Ed. Schubert, Dirk. Routledge, May 13, 2016, 225-232.

Toward a Higher Purpose: Captain Englebert Navigates the Choppy Waters of Network Governance

Goldsmith, Stephen. "Toward a Higher Purpose: Captain Englebert Navigates the Choppy Waters of Network Governance." Ports in a Storm: Public Management in a Turbulent World. Ed. John D. Donahue and Mark H. Moore. Brookings Institution Press, 2012, 133-158.

Foreword

Goldsmith, Stephen. Foreword. The Innovator's Playbook. Ed. William Eggers and Shalabh Singh. The Ash Institute and Deloitte Research, 2009.

Moving from Core Functions to Core Values: Lessons from State Eligibility Modernizations

Goldsmith, Stephen, and Tim Burke. Moving from Core Functions to Core Values: Lessons from State Eligibility Modernizations. Unlocking the Power of Networks: Keys to High-Performance Government. Ed. Donald F. Kettl and Stephen Goldsmith. Brookings Institution Press, 2009, 95-120.

Local Innovation in 2006: A Focus on Partnerships.

Goldsmith, Stephen. "Local Innovation in 2006: A Focus on Partnerships." Municipal Year Book 2007. ICMA Press, 2007.

Information Technology as a Tool for Government Reform.

Goldsmith, Stephen. "Information Technology as a Tool for Government Reform." Innovations in E-Government: The Thoughts of Governors and Mayors. Ed. Erwin A. Blackstone, Michael L. Bognanno, and Simon Hakim. Rowman & Littlefield, 2005, 56-60.

National Service on a Community Scale.

Goldsmith, Stephen. "National Service on a Community Scale." The AmeriCorps Experiment and the Future of National Service. Ed. Will Marshall and Marc Porter Magee. Progressive Policy Institute, 2005, 87-96.

Local Problem Solving: Empowerment as a Path to Job Satisfaction.

Goldsmith, Stephen. "Local Problem Solving: Empowerment as a Path to Job Satisfaction." For the People: Can We Fix Public Service? Ed. John D. Donahue and Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Brookings Institution, 2003, 152-168.

Restructuring Labor-Management Relations to Improve Government Services.

Goldsmith, Stephen. "Restructuring Labor-Management Relations to Improve Government Services." Going Public: The Role of Labor-Management Relations in Delivering Quality Government Services. Ed. Jonathan Brock and David B. Lispsky. Industrial Relations Research Association Series, 2003, 107-123.

Innovation in Government.

Goldsmith, Stephen. "Innovation in Government." Leading for Innovation. Ed. Frances Hesselbein, Marshall Goldsmith, and Iain Somerville. Jossey, 2001.