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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

Availability of New Medicines in the US and Germany From 2004 to 2018

Blankart, Katharina, Huseyin Naci, and Amitabh Chandra. "Availability of New Medicines in the US and Germany From 2004 to 2018." JAMA Network Open 5.8 (August 30, 2022): e2229231.

Coverage of New Drugs in Medicare Part D

Naci, Huseyin, Ilias Kyriopoulos, William B. Feldman, Thomas J. Hwang, Aaron S. Kesselheim, and Amitabh Chandra. "Coverage of New Drugs in Medicare Part D." The Milbank Quarterly 100.2 (June 2022): 562-588.

Towards a more efficient healthcare system: Opportunities and challenges caused by hospital closures amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Saghafian, Soroush, Lina D. Song, and Ali S. Raja. "Towards a more efficient healthcare system: Opportunities and challenges caused by hospital closures amid the COVID-19 pandemic." Health Care Management Science 25 (June 2022).

Are Vaccination Mandates Government Overreach?

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Are Vaccination Mandates Government Overreach?" Project Syndicate, January 25, 2022.

Employee Health Plans Powered by Analytics

Hopp, Wallace, Jun Li, Soroush Saghafian, and Guihua Wang. "Employee Health Plans Powered by Analytics." Management and Business Review 1.3 (2021).

Violent conflict exacerbated drought-related food insecurity between 2009 and 2019 in sub-Saharan Africa

Anderson, Weston, Charles A. Taylor, Sonali McDermid, Elisabeth Ilboudo-Nébié, Richard Seager, Wolfram Schlenker, Fabien Cottier, Alex de Sherbinin, Dara Mendeloff, and Kelsey Markey. "Violent conflict exacerbated drought-related food insecurity between 2009 and 2019 in sub-Saharan Africa." Nature Food 2.8 (August 2021): 603-615.

The role of childcare challenges in the US jobs market recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic

Furman, Jason, Melissa S. Kearney, and Wilson Powell. "The role of childcare challenges in the US jobs market recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic." NBER Working Paper Series, June 2021.

From Health Crisis to Financial Distress

Reinhart, Carmen. "From Health Crisis to Financial Distress." World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series, April 2021.

La depresión de la pandemia: la economía mundial nunca volverá a ser la misma

Reinhart, Carmen, and Vincent Reinhart. "La depresión de la pandemia: la economía mundial nunca volverá a ser la misma." Foreign affairs: Latinoamérica 21.1 (January 2021): 106-114.

Livestock plants and COVID-19 transmission

Taylor, Charles A., Christopher Boulosb, and Douglas Almonda. "Livestock plants and COVID-19 transmission." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol.117.50 (December 15, 2020): 31706-31715.

Cicadian Rhythm: Insecticides, Infant Health
and Long-term Outcomes

Taylor, Charles A. "Cicadian Rhythm: Insecticides, Infant Health and Long-term Outcomes." CEEP Working Paper Series, September 2020.

Sunlight and Protection Against Influenza

Slusky, David J. G., and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Sunlight and Protection Against Influenza." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP18-007, February 2018.

Excess Prices for Drugs in Medicare: Diagnosis and Prescription

Frank, Richard G., and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Excess Prices for Drugs in Medicare: Diagnosis and Prescription." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP18-005, January 2018.

Enrollee Choices After Their Health Plans Are Terminated: Default Effects Versus Persistent Preferences

Sinaiko, Anna, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Enrollee Choices After Their Health Plans Are Terminated: Default Effects Versus Persistent Preferences." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP16-055, December 2016.