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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

Strengthening Management of UN Peacekeeping Operations:
A Review of UN Peacekeeping Operations Audits

Bilmes, Linda J., V.S. Ibanez, Yahya Chaudhry, and Jonathan R. Hakim. "Strengthening Management of UN Peacekeeping Operations: A Review of UN Peacekeeping Operations Audits." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP21-037, December 2021.

The Long-Term Costs of United States Care for Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars

Bilmes, Linda J. "The Long-Term Costs of United States Care for Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP21-024, September 2021.

How to Construct A New Global Order

Rodrik, Dani, and Stephen Walt. "How to Construct A New Global Order." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP21-013, May 2021.

Rolling the Dice in the Corridors of Power: William Nordhaus’s Impacts on Climate Change Policy

Aldy, Joseph, and Robert N. Stavins. "Rolling the Dice in the Corridors of Power: William Nordhaus’s Impacts on Climate Change Policy." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP20-022, July 2020.

Confronting an Enemy with Unknown Preferences: Deterrer or Provocateur?

Jelnov, Artyom, Yair Tauman, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Confronting an Enemy with Unknown Preferences: Deterrer or Provocateur?" ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP18-006, January 2018.

Linking Heterogeneous Climate Policies (Consistent with the Paris Agreement)

Mehling, Michael A.; Metcalf, Gilbert E.; and Stavins, Robert N. "Linking Heterogeneous Climate Policies (Consistent with the Paris Agreement)." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP17-042, September 2017.

What Does General Secretary Xi Jinping Dream About?

Saich, Anthony. "What Does General Secretary Xi Jinping Dream About?" ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP17-038, August 2017.

The United States and the European Refugee Crisis: Standing with Allies

Ignatieff, Michael, Juliette Keeley, Betsy Ribble, and Keith McCammon. "The United States and the European Refugee Crisis: Standing with Allies." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP16-020, May 2016.

How Quantifying Probability Assessments Influences Analysis and Decision Making: Experimental Evidence from National Security Professionals

Friedman, Jeffrey A., Jennifer S. Lerner, and Richard Zeckhauser. "How Quantifying Probability Assessments Influences Analysis and Decision Making: Experimental Evidence from National Security Professionals." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP16-016, April 2016.

Recollection Bias and Its Underpinnings:
Lessons from Terrorism-Risk Assessments

Viscusi, W. Kip, and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Recollection Bias and Its Underpinnings: Lessons from Terrorism-Risk Assessments." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP16-003, January 2016.

Making Technological Innovation Work for Sustainable Development

Anadon, Laura Diaz, Gabriel Chan, Alicia Harley, Kira Matus, Suerie Moon, Sharmila L. Murthy, and William C. Clark. "Making Technological Innovation Work for Sustainable Development." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-079, December 2015.

Recollection Bias and Its Underpinnings: Lessons from Terrorism-Risk Assessments

Viscusi, W. Kip, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Recollection Bias and Its Underpinnings: Lessons from Terrorism-Risk Assessments." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-066, October 2015.

Thinking About the World: Philosophy and Sociology

Risse, Mathias, and John W. Meyer. "Thinking About the World: Philosophy and Sociology." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-054, September 2015.

The Intergenerational Transmission of War

Campante, Filipe R., and David Yanagizawa-Drott. "The Intergenerational Transmission of War." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP15-039, July 2015.

Blocking All Paths to an Iranian Bomb: How the West Can Avoid a Nuclear Maginot Line

Allison, Graham, and Oren Setter. "Blocking All Paths to an Iranian Bomb: How the West Can Avoid a Nuclear Maginot Line." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP14-036, July 2014.

Do International Organizations
Really Shape Government Solutions in Developing Countries?

Andrews, Matthew. "Do International Organizations Really Shape Government Solutions in Developing Countries?" ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-032, September 2013.

National Security Warrants Slowing Domestic Oil Depletion, Not Accelerating It

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "National Security Warrants Slowing Domestic Oil Depletion, Not Accelerating It." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series, August 2013 (first draft).

The Financial Legacy of Iraq and Afghanistan: How Wartime Spending Decisions Will Constrain Future National Security Budgets

Bilmes, Linda J. "The Financial Legacy of Iraq and Afghanistan: How Wartime Spending Decisions Will Constrain Future National Security Budgets." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP13-006, March 2013.

China, the USA, and Asia’s Future

Saich, Anthony. "China, the USA, and Asia’s Future." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-052, 2012.

What Happened to the Soviet Superpower’s Nuclear Arsenal?
Clues for the Nuclear Security Summit

Allison, Graham. "What Happened to the Soviet Superpower’s Nuclear Arsenal? Clues for the Nuclear Security Summit." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-038, August 2012.

Assessing Uncertainty in Intelligence

Friedman, Jeffrey A., and Richard Zeckhauser. "Assessing Uncertainty in Intelligence." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-027, June 2012.

Designing a Bretton Woods Institution to Address Climate Change

Aldy, Joseph. "Designing a Bretton Woods Institution to Address Climate Change." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-017, May 2012.

Iraqi Politics and Implications
for Oil and Energy

O'Sullivan, Meghan. "Iraqi Politics and Implications for Oil and Energy." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP11-031, August 2011.

Reflections on the Jesuit Mission to China

Winston, Kenneth, and Mary Jo Bane. "Reflections on the Jesuit Mission to China." ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-004, February 2010.

Precaution Against Terrorism.

Stern, Jessica, and Jonathan B. Wiener. "Precaution Against Terrorism." KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP06-019, May 2006.