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Delivery worker wearing a medical mask and carrying packages.
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

Supply Chain Management: A Public Sector Perspective

Fagan, Mark L. Supply Chain Management: A Public Sector Perspective. Cheltanham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.

Is the United States undergoing a manufacturing renaissance that will boost the middle class?

Lawrence, Robert Z. "Is the United States undergoing a manufacturing renaissance that will boost the middle class?" PIEE Policy Brief Series, October 2024.

Medicare price negotiation and pharmaceutical innovation following the Inflation Reduction Act

Vogel, Matthew, Pragya Kakani, Amitabh Chandra, and Rena M. Conti. "Medicare price negotiation and pharmaceutical innovation following the Inflation Reduction Act." Nature Biotechnology (31 January 2024).

Do Ordeals Work for Selection Markets?
Evidence from Health Insurance Auto-Enrollment

Shepard, Mark, and Myles Wagner. "Do Ordeals Work for Selection Markets? Evidence from Health Insurance Auto-Enrollment." August 23, 2023.

Adverse Selection and (un)Natural Monopoly in Insurance Markets

Kong, Edward, Timothy J. Layton, and Mark Shepard. "Adverse Selection and (un)Natural Monopoly in Insurance Markets." July 1, 2023.

Achieving Universal Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: Addressing Market Failures or Providing a Social Floor?

Baicker, Katherine, Amitabh Chandra, and Mark Shepard. "Achieving Universal Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: Addressing Market Failures or Providing a Social Floor?" Journal of Economic Perspectives 37.2 (Spring 2023): 99-122.

The Two-Margin Problem in Insurance Markets

Geruso, Michael, Timothy J. Layton, Grace McCormack, and Mark Shepard. "The Two-Margin Problem in Insurance Markets." The Review of Economics and Statistics 105.2 (March 2023): 237-257.

A Different Framework to Achieve Universal Coverage in the US

Baicker, Katherine, Amitabh Chandra, and Mark Shepard. "A Different Framework to Achieve Universal Coverage in the US." JAMA Health Forum 4.2 (February 2023): e230187.

Achieving Universal Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: Addressing Market Failures or Providing a Social Floor?

Baicker, Katherine, Amitabh Chandra, and Mark Shepard. "Achieving Universal Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: Addressing Market Failures or Providing a Social Floor?" ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP23-003, January 2023.

Regulatory Incentives for Innovation:
The FDA's Breakthrough Therapy
Designation

Chandra, Amitabh, Jennifer Kao, Kathleen L. Miller and Ariel D. Stern. "Regulatory Incentives for Innovation: The FDA's Breakthrough Therapy Designation." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP22-024, December 2022.

Adverse Selection and Network Design Under Regulated Plan Prices: Evidence from Medicaid

Kreider, Amanda R., Timothy J. Layton, Mark Shepard and Jacob Wallace. "Adverse Selection and Network Design Under Regulated Plan Prices: Evidence from Medicaid." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP22-025, December 2022.

Survival of the City: Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation

Glaeser, Edward L., and David Cutler. Survival of the City: Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation. Penguin, 2022.

Do Insurers Respond to Active Purchasing? Evidence from the Massachusetts Health Insurance Exchange

Shepard, Mark, and Ethan Forsgren. "Do Insurers Respond to Active Purchasing? Evidence from the Massachusetts Health Insurance Exchange." October 15, 2021.

Regulatory Approval and Expanded Market Size

Berger, Benjamin, Amitabh Chandra, and Craig Garthwaite. "Regulatory Approval and Expanded Market Size." NBER Working Paper Series, June 2021.

Can Automatic Retention Improve Health Insurance Market Outcomes?

McIntyre, Adrianna, Mark Shepard, and Myles Wagner. "Can Automatic Retention Improve Health Insurance Market Outcomes?" AEA Papers and Proceedings 111 (May 2021): 560-566.

Fundamentals of Regulatory Design

Sparrow, Malcolm K. Fundamentals of Regulatory Design, Paperback & Kindle. Kindle Direct Publishing, 2020.

The Two Margin Problem in Insurance Markets

Shepard, Mark, Michael Geruso, Timothy J. Layton, and Grace McCormack. "The Two Margin Problem in Insurance Markets." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP19-035, November 2019.

Birds of a Feather: Estimating the Value of Statistical Life from Dual-Earner Families

Aldy, Joseph. "Birds of a Feather: Estimating the Value of Statistical Life from Dual-Earner Families." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP19-013, April 2019.

Postpolitical Careers: How Politicians Capitalize on Public Office

Palmer, Maxwell, and Benjamin Schneer. "Postpolitical Careers: How Politicians Capitalize on Public Office." Journal of Politics 81.2 (April 2019): 670-675.