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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.

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.

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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

Estimating the Impact of State Paid Sick Leave Laws on Worker Outcomes in the US Service Sector, 2017-2023

Woods, Tyler, Daniel Schneider, and Kristen Harknett. "Estimating the Impact of State Paid Sick Leave Laws on Worker Outcomes in the US Service Sector, 2017-2023." SSM-Population Health 31 (September 2025): 101830.

New Technology, Older Workers: How Workplace Technology is Associated with Indicators of Job Retention

Abrams, Leah, Daniel Schneider, and Kristen Harknett. "New Technology, Older Workers: How Workplace Technology is Associated with Indicators of Job Retention." Journal of Aging & Social Policy (June 2025).

Regulating Algorithmic Management: A Multi-Stakeholder Study of Challenges in Aligning Software and the Law for Workplace Scheduling

Lynn, Jonathan, Rachel Y. Kim, Sicun Gao, Daniel Schneider, Sachin S. Pandya, and Min Kyung Lee. "Regulating Algorithmic Management: A Multi-Stakeholder Study of Challenges in Aligning Software and the Law for Workplace Scheduling." FAccT '25: Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (23 June 2025): 547-572.

Absolute and Relative Mobility: Two Frameworks for Connecting Intergenerational Mobility in Absolute and Relative Terms

Bloome, Deirdre. "Absolute and Relative Mobility: Two Frameworks for Connecting Intergenerational Mobility in Absolute and Relative Terms." Sociological Methods & Research (2025).

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.

How the China trade shock impacted U.S. manufacturing workers and labor markets, and the consequences for U.S. politics

Autor, David, David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson. "How the China trade shock impacted U.S. manufacturing workers and labor markets, and the consequences for U.S. politics." Washington Center for Equitable Growth (May 2025): 1-20.

The global distribution of authorship in economics journals

Aigner, Ernest, Jacob Greenspan, and Dani Rodrik. "The global distribution of authorship in economics journals." World Development 189 (May 2025): 106926.

Patterns of Anti-Seizure Medication Non-adherence in Post-Stroke Prophylaxis Among Older Adults

Sun, Shuo, Rafaella Cazé de Medeiros, Julianne D. Brooks, Joseph Newhouse, Lee H. Schwamm, Sebastien Haneuse, and Lidia Moura. "Patterns of Anti-Seizure Medication Non-adherence in Post-Stroke Prophylaxis Among Older Adults." April 25, 2025.

Benzodiazepine Initiation Effect on Mortality Among Medicare Beneficiaries Post Acute Ischemic Stroke (P7-14.009)

Sankaranarayanan, Madhav, Maria Donahue, Shuo Sun, Julianne Brooks, Lee Schwamm, Joseph Newhouse, John Hsu, Deborah Blacker, and Lidia Maria Moura. "Benzodiazepine Initiation Effect on Mortality Among Medicare Beneficiaries Post Acute Ischemic Stroke (P7-14.009)." Neurology 104.7 Supplement 1 (April 8, 2025).

Differences in patterns of outpatient epilepsy-specific medication initiation after acute ischemic stroke in the Medicare population

Donahue, Maria A., Julianne D. Brooks, John Hsu, Mary Price, Deborah Blacker, Lee H. Schwamm, Joseph P. Newhouse, M. Brandon Westover, Sebastien Haneuse, and Lidia M.V.R. Moura. "Differences in patterns of outpatient epilepsy-specific medication initiation after acute ischemic stroke in the Medicare population." Epilepsia (2025 Apr 4).

Local Energy Access and Industry Specialization: Evidence from World War II Emergency Pipelines

Greenspon, Jacob, and Gordon H. Hanson. "Local Energy Access and Industry Specialization: Evidence from World War II Emergency Pipelines." NBER Working Paper Series, April 2025.

Measuring Human Leadership Skills with AI Agents

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

Sanctions on Venezuela are not Driving Migration to the US Southwest Border: An Empirical Assessment

Bahar, Dany, and Ricardo Hausmann. "Sanctions on Venezuela are not Driving Migration to the US Southwest Border: An Empirical Assessment." Center for Global Development Note, March 24, 2025.

Immigrant employment during the COVID-19 pandemic

Borjas, George, and Hugh Cassidy. "Immigrant employment during the COVID-19 pandemic." Handbook on Inequality and COVID-19. Ed. Kenneth A. Couch. London: Edward Elgar, 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.

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.

Dynamic Persuasion: Decay and Accumulation of Partisan Media Persuasion

Baum, Matthew A., Adam J. Berinsky, Justin de Benedictis-Kessner, Joohye Jeong, Zachary Markovich, and Teppei Yamamoto. "Dynamic Persuasion: Decay and Accumulation of Partisan Media Persuasion." March 2025.

Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone? Changes in the Geography of Work in the US, 1980-2021

Hanson, Gordon, and Enrico Moretti. "Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone? Changes in the Geography of Work in the US, 1980-2021." NBER Working Paper Series, March 2025.

Short-term exposure to filter-bubble recommendation systems has limited polarization effects: Naturalistic experiments on YouTube

Liu, Naijia, Xinlan Emily Hu, Yasemin Savas, Matthew A. Baum, Adam J. Berinsky, Allison J.B. Chaney, Christopher Lucas, Rei Mariman, Justin de Benedictis-Kessner, Andrew M. Guess, Dean Knox, and Brandon M. Stewart. "Short-term exposure to filter-bubble recommendation systems has limited polarization effects: Naturalistic experiments on YouTube." PNAS 122.8 (February 25, 2025): e2318127122.

Displaced Learners: Early Integration of Ukrainian Refugee Students into Italy’s Schools

Carlana, Michela, Pauline Castaing, Mauro Testaverde, and Marco Tiberti. "Displaced Learners: Early Integration of Ukrainian Refugee Students into Italy’s Schools." World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series, February 2025.

The U.S. Place-Based Policy Supply Chain

Hanson, Gordon H., Dani Rodrik, and Rohan Sandhu. "The U.S. Place-Based Policy Supply Chain." NBER Working Paper Series, February 2025.

Engaging Low-Wage Workers in Health and Wellbeing Survey Research: Strategies from Five Occupational Studies.

Sabbath, Erica, Meg Lovejoy, Daniel Schneider, Yaminette Diaz-Linhart, Grace DeHorn, and Susan Peters. "Engaging Low-Wage Workers in Health and Wellbeing Survey Research: Strategies from Five Occupational Studies." American Journal of Public Health 115.2 (February 2025): 201-208.

Vanguard: Black Veterans and Civil Rights after World War I

Ang, Desmond and Sahil Chinoy. "Vanguard: Black Veterans and Civil Rights after World War I." NBER Working Paper Series, February 2025.

Investigator racial diversity and clinical trial participation

Alsan, Marcella, Romaine A. Campbell, Lukas Leister, and Ayotomiwa Ojo. "Investigator racial diversity and clinical trial participation." Journal of Health Economics (January 31, 2025).

Trading Places: Mobility Responses of Native- and Foreign-Born Adults to the China Trade Shock

Autor, David, David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson. "Trading Places: Mobility Responses of Native- and Foreign-Born Adults to the China Trade Shock." ILR Review 78.1 (January 2025): 10-36.

The Hidden Health Care Crisis Behind Bars: A Randomized Trial to Accredit U.S. Jails

Alsan, Marcella, and Crystal Yang. "The Hidden Health Care Crisis Behind Bars: A Randomized Trial to Accredit U.S. Jails." NBER Working Paper Series, January 2025.

Mean Reversion in Randomized Controlled Trials: Implications for Program Targeting and Heterogeneous Treatment Effects

Alsan, Marcella, John Cawley, Joseph J. Doyle Jr., and Nicholas Skelley. "Mean Reversion in Randomized Controlled Trials: Implications for Program Targeting and Heterogeneous Treatment Effects." NBER Working Paper Series, January 2025.

Second-Best Amendment: Market Power and Tax Design in the Firearms Industry

Armona, Luis, and Adam M. Rosenberg. "Second-Best Amendment: Market Power and Tax Design in the Firearms Industry." December 13, 2024.

Ideological Bias in Estimates of the Impact of Immigration

Borjas, George J., and Nate Breznau. "Ideological Bias in Estimates of the Impact of Immigration." NBER Working Paper Series, 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.

Places versus People: The Ins and Outs of Labor Market Adjustment to Globalization

Autor, David, David Dorn, Gordon Hanson, Maggie R. Jones, and Bradley Setzler. "Places versus People: The Ins and Outs of Labor Market Adjustment to Globalization." Center for Economic Studies (CES) Working Paper Series, December 2024.

Why Doesn’t The United States Have National Health Insurance? The Role Of The American Medical Association

Alsan, Marcella, and Yousra Neberai. "Why Doesn’t The United States Have National Health Insurance? The Role Of The American Medical Association." 11/28/2024.

The impact of a payer-provider joint venture on healthcare value

Garabedian, Laura F., J. Frank Wharam, Joseph P. Newhouse, Matthew Lakoma, Stephanie Argetsinger, Fang Zhang, and Alison A. Galbraith. "The impact of a payer-provider joint venture on healthcare value." Health Services Research (November 4, 2024).

All-cause nursing home mortality rates have remained above pre-pandemic levels after accounting for decline in occupancy

Weiss, Max, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, David C. Grabowski, Deborah Blacker, Joseph P. Newhouse, and John Hsu. "All-cause nursing home mortality rates have remained above pre-pandemic levels after accounting for decline in occupancy." Health Affairs Scholar 2.11 (November 2024): qxae126.

COVID-19 Employment Shocks and Safety Net Expansion: Health Effects on Displaced Workers

Schneider, Daniel, Kristen Harknett, and Annette Gailliot. "COVID-19 Employment Shocks and Safety Net Expansion: Health Effects on Displaced Workers." Social Science Research 124 (November 2024).

Racial health disparities in the United States

Alsan, Marcella, Katherine Ianni, and Graeme Peterson. "Racial health disparities in the United States." Oxford Review of Economic Policy 40.3 (Autumn 2024): 498-517.

Between-firm sorting and parenthood wage gaps in the US service sector

O’Herron, Charlotte, Daniel Schneider, and Kristen Harknett. "Between-firm sorting and parenthood wage gaps in the US service sector." Journal of Marriage and Family (October 20, 2024).

Benzodiazepine Utilization in Ischemic Stroke Survivors: Analyzing Initial Excess Supply and Longitudinal Trends

Torres, Victor Lomachinsky, Julianne D. Brooks, Maria A. Donahue, Shuo Sun, John Hsu, Mary Price, Deborah Blacker, Lee H. Schwamm, Joseph P. Newhouse, Sebastien Haneuse, and Lidia M. V. R. Moura. "Benzodiazepine Utilization in Ischemic Stroke Survivors: Analyzing Initial Excess Supply and Longitudinal Trends." Stroke (October 17, 2024).

Technological Disruption in the US Labor Market

Deming, David, Christopher Ong, and Lawrence Summers. "Technological Disruption in the US Labor Market." Strengthening America’s Economic Dynamism. Ed. Melissa S. Kearney and Luke Pardue. Washington, DC: Aspen Institute, 2024.

Evaluating the concordance between International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision Code and stroke severity as measured by the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale

Taha, Mohamed, Mamoon Habib, Victor Lomachinsky, Peter Hadar, Joseph P. Newhouse, Lee H. Schwamm, Deborah Blacker, and Lidia M. V. R. Moura. "Evaluating the concordance between International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision Code and stroke severity as measured by the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale." BMJ Neurology Open 6.2 (October 2024): e000831.

Health Equity in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election

Alsan, Marcella, and Ruqaiijah Yearby. "Health Equity in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election." NEJM (October 2, 2024).

Medicare Part D Protected-Class Policy Is Associated With Lower Drug Rebates

Kakani, Pragya, Michael Anne Kyle, Amitabh Chandra, and Luca Maini. "Medicare Part D Protected-Class Policy Is Associated With Lower Drug Rebates." Health Affairs 43.10 (October 2024): 1420-1427.

The ABC’s of Who Benefits from Working with AI: Ability, Beliefs, and Calibration

Caplin, Andrew, David J. Deming, Shangwen Li, Daniel J. Martin, Philip Marx, Ben Weidmann, and Kadachi Jiada Ye. "The ABC’s of Who Benefits from Working with AI: Ability, Beliefs, and Calibration." NBER Working Paper Series, October 2024.

County-Level Enrollment in Medicare Advantage Plans Offering Expanded Supplemental Benefits

Yang, Zhiyou, Emily Zhu, David Cheng, Mary Price, Margarita Alegria, John Hsu, Joseph P. Newhouse, and Vicki Fung. "County-Level Enrollment in Medicare Advantage Plans Offering Expanded Supplemental Benefits." JAMA Network Open 7.9 (September 2024): e2433972.

Skills and Human Capital in the Labor Market

Deming, David, and Mikko I. Silliman. "Skills and Human Capital in the Labor Market." NBER Working Paper Series, September 2024.

The Rapid Adoption of Generative AI

Bick, Alexander, Adam Blandin, and David J. Deming. "The Rapid Adoption of Generative AI." NBER Working Paper Series, September 2024.

Inclusive Teaching: Spotting Social Isolation in the Classroom

Alan, Sule, Michela Carlana, and Marinella Leone. "Inclusive Teaching: Spotting Social Isolation in the Classroom." NBER Working Paper Series, September 2024.

Labor Market Pathways to Job Quality Mobility in the Service Sector: Evidence from the “Great Resignation”

Woods, Tyler, Dylan Nguyen, Daniel Schneider, and Kristen Harknett. "Labor Market Pathways to Job Quality Mobility in the Service Sector: Evidence from the “Great Resignation”." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 92 (August 2024): 100962.

This Is What Thriving Communities Look Like: Insights from Residents of Four Boston Neighborhoods

Kambath, Amisha, Noor Toraif, and Sandra Susan Smith. "This Is What Thriving Communities Look Like: Insights from Residents of Four Boston Neighborhoods." Roundtable on Racial Disparities in Massachusetts Criminal Courts, Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management, August 2024.