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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

Violence Exposure and Ethnic Identification: Evidence from Kashmir

Nair, Gautam, and Nicholas Sambanis. "Violence Exposure and Ethnic Identification: Evidence from Kashmir." International Organization 73.2 (Spring 2019): 329-363.

Development Incentives That Make Sense

Goldsmith, Stephen. "Development Incentives That Make Sense." Governing. February 26, 2019.

Data and the Human Side of Criminal Justice

Goldsmith, Stephen. "Data and the Human Side of Criminal Justice." Governing. February 20, 2019.

The Bus System of the Future

Goldsmith, Stephen and Wyatt Cmar. "The Bus System of the Future." Governing. January 23, 2019.

Alan Brinkley: A Life in History

Greenberg, David, Moshik Temkin, and Mason B. Williams, eds. Alan Brinkley: A Life in History. Columbia University Press, 2019.

The Dissident Ideology Revisited: Populism and Prescience in Voices of Protest

Temkin, Moshik. "The "Dissident Ideology" Revisited: Populism and Prescience in Voices of Protest." Alan Brinkley: A Life in History. Ed. Greenberg, David, Moshik Temkin, and Mason Williams. Columbia University Press, 2019, 13-25.

Review Essay: Why Tunisia?

Masoud, Tarek. "Review Essay: Why Tunisia?" Review of Tunisia: An Arab Anomaly, by Safwan M. Masri. Journal of Democracy, 29.4, October 2018: 166-175.

Bringing Leadership Back In

Ganz, Marshall, and Elizabeth McKenna. "Bringing Leadership Back In." The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Social Movements. Ed. David A. Snow, Sarah A. Soule, Hanspeter Kriesi, and Holly J. McCammon. Wiley-Blackwell, 2018, 185-202.

Misperceptions of Relative Affluence and Support for International Redistribution

Nair, Gautam. "Misperceptions of Relative Affluence and Support for International Redistribution." The Journal of Politics 80.3 (July 2018): 815-830.

Cities on a Hill?

Mayne, Quinton. "Cities on a Hill?" Boston Review. February 13, 2018.

Evidence-Based Prevention of Organized Crime: Assessing a New Collaborative Approach

Waardenburg, Maurits, Martijn Groenleer, Jorrit de Jong, and Herman Bolhaar. "Evidence-Based Prevention of Organized Crime: Assessing a New Collaborative Approach." Public Administration Review (December 2017).

Getting an Honest Answer: Clickers in the Classroom

Levy, Dan, Joshua Yardley, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Getting an Honest Answer: Clickers in the Classroom." Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 17.4 (October 2017): 104-125.

Paths to Convergence: Stock Price Adjustment After the Trump Election Shock

Wagner, Alexander F., Richard J. Zeckhauser, and Alexandre Ziegler. "Paths to Convergence: Stock Price Adjustment After the Trump Election Shock." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP17-039, September 2017 (Updated July 2018).

Smarter Laws, Better Bureaucrats

Goldsmith, Stephen, and Eric Bosco. "Smarter Laws, Better Bureaucrats." UMKC Law Review 85.4 (Summer 2017): 931.

Embedding Education in Everyday Life

Stuart, Guy, Jorrit de Jong, and Linda Kaboolian. "Embedding Education in Everyday Life." Stanford Social Innovation Review (Spring 2017).

Tapping Private Financing and Delivery to Modernize America’s Federal Water Resources

Goldsmith, Stephen and Jill Jamieson. "Tapping Private Financing and Delivery to Modernize America’s Federal Water Resources." U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Institute for Water Resources, January 2017.

Women’s Rights Are a National Security Issue

Hudson, Valerie M., and Dara Kay Cohen. "Women’s Rights Are a National Security Issue." New York Times, December 26, 2016.

Instruments of Value: Using the Analytic Tools of Public Value Theory in Teaching and Practice

de Jong, Jorrit, Scott Douglas, Mariafrancesca Sicilia, Zoe Radnor, Mirko Noordegraaf, and Peter Debus. "Instruments of Value: Using the Analytic Tools of Public Value Theory in Teaching and Practice." Public Management Review (November 2016).

The Untilled Field of Field Campaigns

Han, Hahrie, and Elizabeth McKenna. "The Untilled Field of Field Campaigns." Perspectives on Politics 14.3 (September 2016): 750-757.

Restoring Trust in the Responsive City

Goldsmith, Stephen. "Restoring Trust in the Responsive City." University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law & Public Affairs 1.1 (July 2016).

Dealing with Dysfunction: Innovative Problem Solving in the Public Sector

de Jong, Jorrit. Dealing with Dysfunction: Innovative Problem Solving in the Public Sector. Brookings Institution Press, 2016.

How to Counter Rape During War

Elisabeth Jean Wood and Dara Kay Cohen. "How to Counter Rape During War." New York Times, October 28, 2015.

Groundbreakers: How Obama’s 2.2 Million Volunteers Transformed Campaigning in America

McKenna, Elizabeth, and Hahrie Han. Groundbreakers: How Obama’s 2.2 Million Volunteers Transformed Campaigning in America. Oxford University Press, 2015.

Engaging Voters Can Kickstart Community Activism

Han, Hahrie, and Elizabeth McKenna. "Engaging Voters Can Kickstart Community Activism." The Washington Post, Monkey Cage, November 25, 2014.

Economic Origins of Democratic Breakdown? The Redistributive Model and the Postcolonial State

Nair, Gautam, Dan Slater, and Benjamin Smith. "Economic Origins of Democratic Breakdown? The Redistributive Model and the Postcolonial State." Perspectives on Politics 12.2 (June 2014): 353-374.

The Jinyuan Group: China’s Energy Boom and the Rise of Local Government Entrepreneurs

Cunningham, Edward. "The Jinyuan Group: China’s Energy Boom and the Rise of Local Government Entrepreneurs." 2013.

Multinational Corporations and 'Indigenous Innovation' in China’s Chemical Industry: The Case of Dow Chemical

Cunningham, Edward, and K. Matus. "Multinational Corporations and 'Indigenous Innovation' in China’s Chemical Industry: The Case of Dow Chemical." 2013.

Off-grid Energy Services for the Poor: Introducing LED Lighting in the Millennium Villages Project in Malawi

Adkins, Edwin, Sandy Eapen, Flora Kaluwile, Gautam Nair, and Vijay Modi. "Off-grid Energy Services for the Poor: Introducing LED Lighting in the Millennium Villages Project in Malawi." Energy Policy 38.2 (February 2010): 1087-1097.

Fueling the Miracle: China’s Energy Governance and Reform

Cunningham, Edward. "Fueling the Miracle: China’s Energy Governance and Reform." China Today, China Tomorrow: Domestic Politics, Economy, and Society. Ed. Joseph Fewsmith. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010.

Greener Plants, Grayer Skies

Steinfeld, Edward S., Richard K. Lester, and Edward A. Cunningham. "Greener Plants, Grayer Skies." Energy Policy 37.5 (May 2009): 1809–1824.

Power Plant Emissions: What the Sulfur Tells Us

Steinfeld, E., R. Lester, and E. Cunningham. "Power Plant Emissions: What the Sulfur Tells Us." China Economic Quarterly (September 2008).

The State of Access: Success and Failure of Democracies in Creating Equal Opportunities

de Jong, Jorrit, and Gowher Rizvi. The State of Access: Success and Failure of Democracies in Creating Equal Opportunities. Brookings Institution Press, 2008.

A Tale of Two Sectors: Diverging Paths in Taiwan’s Automotive Industry

Cunningham, Edward. "A Tale of Two Sectors: Diverging Paths in Taiwan’s Automotive Industry." Global Taiwan: Building competitive strengths in a new international economy. Ed. Suzanne Berger and Richard Lester. M.E. Sharpe, 2005.