Faculty Publications

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

Going the Distance or Growing More Remote? The Academic Impacts of Course Modality following Pandemic-Era Investments

Worsham, Rachel, Elise Swanson, and Christopher Norio Avery. "Going the Distance or Growing More Remote? The Academic Impacts of Course Modality following Pandemic-Era Investments." EdWorkingPaper, May 2025.

Putting US Fiscal Policy on a Sustainable Path

Dynan, Karen, and Douglas Elmendorf. "Putting US Fiscal Policy on a Sustainable Path." NBER Working Paper Series, May 2025.

Building Capacity to Govern Cooperatively in Pursuit of Sustainable Development: Lessons from scholarship and practice

Harley, Alicia G., and William C. Clark. "Building Capacity to Govern Cooperatively in Pursuit of Sustainable Development: Lessons from scholarship and practice." Sustainability Science Program Working Paper Series, April 22, 2025.

Measuring Human Leadership Skills with AI Agents

Weidmann, Ben, Yixian Xu, and David J. Deming. "Measuring Human Leadership Skills with AI Agents." NBER Working Paper Series, April 2025.

Private Benefits from Public Investment in Climate Adaptation and Resilience

Bradt, Jacob T. and Joseph E. Aldy. "Private Benefits from Public Investment in Climate Adaptation and Resilience." March 24, 2025.

Methane Abatement Costs in the Oil and Gas Industry: Survey and Synthesis

Aldy, Joseph E., Forest L. Reinhardt, and Robert N. Stavins. "Methane Abatement Costs in the Oil and Gas Industry: Survey and Synthesis." NBER Working Paper Series, March 2025.

Expert Patients’ Use of Avoidable Health Care

Chandra, Amitabh, Pragya Kakani, and Simone Matecna. "Expert Patients’ Use of Avoidable Health Care." NBER Working Paper Series, March 2025.

Expert Patients’ Use of Avoidable Health Care

Kakani, Pragya, Simone Matecna, and Amitabh Chandra. "Expert Patients’ Use of Avoidable Health Care." NBER Working Paper Series, March 2025.

Building Capacity to Adapt Development Pathways to Protect Human Well-being in the Face of Shocks: Lessons from scholarship and practice

Harley, Alicia G., and William C. Clark. "Building Capacity to Adapt Development Pathways to Protect Human Well-being in the Face of Shocks: Lessons from scholarship and practice." Sustainability Science Program Working Paper Series, February 16, 2025.

Building Capacity to Measure Sustainability: Lessons from scholarship and practice

Harley, Alicia G., and William C. Clark. "Building Capacity to Measure Sustainability: Lessons from scholarship and practice." Sustainability Science Program Working Paper Series, January 29, 2025.

Fiscal policy and the pandemic-era surge in US inflation: Lessons for the future

Dynan, Karen, and Douglas Elmendorf. "Fiscal policy and the pandemic-era surge in US inflation: Lessons for the future." Understanding the COVID Era Inflation, Peterson Institute for International Economics, December 2024.

Supporting Postsecondary Readiness in Rural Districts: Experimental Evidence from a Rural Research Network

Swanson, Elise, Jennifer Ash, Sativa Thompson, Lisa Sanbonmatsu, Christopher Avery, Douglas O. Staiger, and Thomas J. Kane. "Supporting Postsecondary Readiness in Rural Districts: Experimental Evidence from a Rural Research Network." Center for Education Policy Research and National Center for Rural Education Research Networks, December 2024.

International Lending in War and Peace

Horn, Sebastian, Carmen M. Reinhart, and Chrisoph Trebesch. "International Lending in War and Peace." October 2024.

Carbon Copy: US Public Opinion on the Diffusion of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms

Ingles, Tayla, Rochelle Sun, and Dustin Tingley. "Carbon Copy: US Public Opinion on the Diffusion of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms." September 1, 2024.

Populist opposition is threatening progress on climate change

Campanella, Edoardo, and Robert Z. Lawrence. "Populist opposition is threatening progress on climate change." PIIE Working Paper Series, July 2024.

Sovereign Debt: 200 Years of Creditor Losses

Graf Von Luckner, Clemens, Josefin Meyer, Carmen M. Reinhart, and Christoph Trebesch. "Sovereign Debt: 200 Years of Creditor Losses." NBER Working Paper Series, June 2024.

The Social Costs of Sovereign Default

Farah-Yacoub, Juan P., Clemens M. Graf von Luckner, and Carmen M. Reinhart. "The Social Costs of Sovereign Default." NBER Working Paper Series, June 2024.

From Crisis to Opportunity: How the City of Portland Embraced Democratic Innovation

Fung, Archon, Max Kiefel, and Nick Chedli Carter. "From Crisis to Opportunity: How the City of Portland Embraced Democratic Innovation." Ash Center Occasional Papers Series, June 2024.

The Cost of Money is Part of the Cost of Living: New Evidence on the Consumer Sentiment Anomaly

Bolhuis, Marijn A., Judd N. L. Cramer, Karl Oskar Schulz, and Lawrence H. Summers. "The Cost of Money is Part of the Cost of Living: New Evidence on the Consumer Sentiment Anomaly." NBER Working Paper Series, February 2024.

Homeward Bound: How Migrants Seek Out Familiar Climates

Obolensky, Marguerite, Marco Tabellini, and Charles Taylor. "Homeward Bound: How Migrants Seek Out Familiar Climates." NBER Working Paper Series, January 2024.

Climate action: Implications for factor market reallocation

Lawrence, Robert Z. "Climate action: Implications for factor market reallocation." PIIE Working Paper Series, January 2024.

Changes in Racial Gaps in Retirement Security over Time

Dynan, Karen, and Douglas Elmendorf. "Changes in Racial Gaps in Retirement Security over Time." Wharton Pension Research Council Working Paper Series, July 2023.

Reevaluating the Role of Race and Ethnicity in Diabetes Screening

Coots, Madison, Soroush Saghafian, David Kent, and Sharad Goel. "Reevaluating the Role of Race and Ethnicity in Diabetes Screening." June 2023.

Impact of Solar Geoengineering on Temperature-Attributable Mortality

Harding, Anthony, David Keith, Wenchang Yang, and Gabriel Vecchi. "Impact of Solar Geoengineering on Temperature-Attributable Mortality." Resources for the Future Working Paper Series, May 30, 2023.

Localizing Environmental Regulation: The Case of Boutique Fuels

Aldy, Joseph E., and Maximilian Auffhammer. "Localizing Environmental Regulation: The Case of Boutique Fuels." Resources for the Future, May 2023.

Rain Follows the Forest: Land Use Policy, Climate Change, and Adaptation

Grosset, Florian, Anna Papp, and Charles A. Taylor. "Rain Follows the Forest: Land Use Policy, Climate Change, and Adaptation." May 2023.

Show and Tell: An Analysis of Corporate Climate Messaging and its Financial Impacts

Aldy, Joseph, Patrick Bolton, Zachery Halem, Marcin T. Kacperczyk, and Peter R. Orszag. "Show and Tell: An Analysis of Corporate Climate Messaging and its Financial Impacts." April 22, 2023.

AI for the People: The Use of AI to Improve Government Performance

Fagan, Mark. "AI for the People: The Use of AI to Improve Government Performance." M-RCBG Faculty Working Paper Series, April 2023.

China as an International Lender of Last Resort

Horn, Sebastian, Bradley C. Parks, Carmen M. Reinhart, and Cristoph Trebesch. "China as an International Lender of Last Resort." World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series, March 2023.

Public institutions and support for climate funding

Bilmes, Linda, Mauricio Rodas, Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, Devon Rowe, Aminata Touré, and Lan Xue. "Public institutions and support for climate funding." United Nations ECOSOC, March 16. 2023.

Estimation of Nonlinear Exchange Rate Dynamics in Evolving Regimes

Frankel, Jeffrey A., Yao Hou, and Danxia Xie. "Estimation of Nonlinear Exchange Rate Dynamics in Evolving Regimes." March 2023.

Irrigation and Climate Change: Long-run Adaptation and its Externalities

Taylor, Charles A. "Irrigation and Climate Change: Long-run Adaptation and its Externalities." March 2023.

Are Hospital Quality Indicators Causal?

Chandra, Amitabh, Maurice Dalton, and Douglas O. Staiger. "Are Hospital Quality Indicators Causal?" NBER Working Paper Series, October 2023.

Three Key Issues for Post-pandemic Monetary Policy

Summers, Lawrence H. "Three Key Issues for Post-pandemic Monetary Policy." Cato Policy Report, November/December 2022.

Estimation of Nonlinear Exchange Rate Dynamics in Evolving Regimes

Frankel, Jeffrey A., Yao Hou, and Danxia Xie. "Estimation of Nonlinear Exchange Rate Dynamics in Evolving Regimes." December 2022.

Regional and Racial Variation in Health Care among Medicare Beneficiaries: A Brief Report of the Dartmouth Atlas Project

Fisher, Elliott S., David C. Goodman, and Amitabh Chandra. "Regional and Racial Variation in Health Care among Medicare Beneficiaries: A Brief Report of the Dartmouth Atlas Project." The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon (NH), December 2022.

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