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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

Obama's Joblessness Dilemma: Fighting Minority Unemployment is Good Economics but Tough Politics

Wilson, William Julius. "Obama's Joblessness Dilemma: Fighting Minority Unemployment is Good Economics but Tough Politics." New York Daily News, January 19, 2011.

America's Grace: How a Tolerant Nation Bridges Its Religious Divides

Campbell, David E., and Robert D. Putnam. "America's Grace: How a Tolerant Nation Bridges Its Religious Divides." Political Science Quarterly, 126.4 (Winter 2011): 611-640.

Moving Teenagers Out of High-Risk
Neighborhoods: How Girls Fare Better than
Boys

Clampet-Lundquist, Susan, Kathryn Edin, Jeffrey R. Kling, and Greg J. Duncan. "Moving Teenagers Out of High-Risk Neighborhoods: How Girls Fare Better than Boys." American Journal of Sociology 116.4 (January 2011): 1154-1189.

Racial Tensions and Teacher Engagement in Professional Learning

Ferguson, Ronald. "Racial Tensions and Teacher Engagement in Professional Learning." Massachusetts Association for Supervision and Curriculum Design (MASCD) Perspectives Online. Winter 2010.

Religion, Social Networks, and Life Satisfaction

Lim, Chaeyoon, and Robert D. Putnam. "Religion, Social Networks, and Life Satisfaction." American Sociological Review 75.6 (December 2010): 914-933.

Secular and Liminal: Discovering Heterogeneity Among Religious Nones

Lim, Chaeyoon, Carol Ann MacGregor, and Robert D. Putnam. "Secular and Liminal: Discovering Heterogeneity Among Religious Nones." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 49.4 (December 2010): 596–618.

Measuring Racial Disparities in the Quality of Ambulatory Diabetes Care

Bynum, Julie P. W., Elliott S. Fisher, Yunjie Song, Jonathan Skinner, and Amitabh Chandra. "Measuring Racial Disparities in the Quality of Ambulatory Diabetes Care." Medical Care 48.12 (December 2010): 1057-1063.

Advances in Comparative Gender Politics

Norris, Pippa. "Advances in Comparative Gender Politics." Conference Paper for Northeastern Political Science Association, Boston, November 12, 2010.

American Indian Self-Determination:
The Political Economy of a Policy that Works

Cornell, Stephen, and Joseph P. Kalt. "American Indian Self-Determination: The Political Economy of a Policy that Works." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-043, November 2010.

American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us

Putnam, Robert D., and David E. Campbell. American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us. Simon and Schuster, 2010.

Gay Republicans Rising

McCarthy, Timothy Patrick. "Gay Republicans Rising." Daily Beast, August 29, 2010.

African-Americans for Charter Schools

Peterson, Paul E., and Martin R. West. "African-Americans for Charter Schools." Wall Street Journal, August 3, 2010.

Informality, Poverty, and Gender in the Global South

Chen, Martha. "Informality, Poverty, and Gender in the Global South." The International Handbook Of Gender And Poverty. Ed. Sylvia Chant. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010.

“Schooling Can’t Buy Me Love”: Marriage, Work, and the Gender Education Gap
in Latin America

Ganguli, Ina, Ricardo Hausmann, and Martina Viarengo. "“Schooling Can’t Buy Me Love”: Marriage, Work, and the Gender Education Gap in Latin America." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-032, June 2010.

Jobs and Kids: Female Employment and Fertility in Rural China

Fang, Hai, Karen N. Eggleston, John A. Rizzo, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Jobs and Kids: Female Employment and Fertility in Rural China." Vox. June 5, 2010.

More Than Just Race: A Rejoinder

Wilson, William Julius. "More Than Just Race: A Rejoinder." Sociological Forum 25.2 (June 2010): 390-394.

The Challenge of Mass Incarceration in America

Loury, Glenn C., and Bruce Western. "The Challenge of Mass Incarceration in America." Daedalus 139.3 (Summer 2010): 5-7.

Mass Atrocity Response Operations: A Military Planning Handbook

Sewall, Sarah, Dwight Raymond, and Sally Chin. Mass Atrocity Response Operations: A Military Planning Handbook. Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, 2010.

A Two-Dimensional Model of Intergroup Leadership

Pittinsky, Todd L. "A Two-Dimensional Model of Intergroup Leadership." American Psychologist 65.3 (April 2010): 194-200.

The Age of Obama: The Changing Place of Minorities in British and American Society

Clark, Tom, Robert D. Putnam, and Edward Fieldhouse. The Age of Obama: The Changing Place of Minorities in British and American Society. University of Manchester Press, 2010.

Promises and Pitfalls in the Spatial Prediction of Ethnic Violence: A Comment

Weidmann, Nils B., and Monica Duffy Toft. "Promises and Pitfalls in the Spatial Prediction of Ethnic Violence: A Comment." Conflict Management and Peace Science 27.2 (2010): 159-176.

Review of Hillary Clinton's Race for the White House: Gender Politics & the Media on the Campaign Trail

Patterson, Thomas E. Review of Hillary Clinton's Race for the White House: Gender Politics & the Media on the Campaign Trail, by Regina G. Lawrence and Melody Rose. Political Communication, 27.2, April-June 2010: 221-223.

Female Employment and Fertility in Rural China

Fang, Hai, Karen N. Eggleston, John A. Rizzo, and Richard J. Zeckhauser. "Female Employment and Fertility in Rural China." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP10-011 and NBER Working Papers 15886, March 2010.

Leading by Example

Duflo, Esther, and Rohini Pande. "Leading by Example." Indian Express, March 18, 2010.

The Obama Administration's Proposals to Address Concentrated Urban Poverty

Wilson, William Julius. "The Obama Administration's Proposals to Address Concentrated Urban Poverty." City and Community 9.1 (March 2010): 41-49.

The Developmental Theory of the Gender Gap

Norris, Pippa. "The Developmental Theory of the Gender Gap." Women, Gender and Politics: A Reader. Ed. Mona Lena Krook and Sarah Childs. Oxford University Press, February 2010.

Still Bowling Alone? The Post-9/11 Split

Sander, Thomas H. and Putnam, Robert D. "Still Bowling Alone? The Post-9/11 Split." Journal of Democracy 21.1 (January 2010): 9-16.

Racial Tensions and Teacher Engagement in Professional Learning

Ferguson, Ronald. "Racial Tensions and Teacher Engagement in Professional Learning." Perspectives (Winter 2010): 12-16.

Forward: Women National Leaders Worldwide: Barriers and Opportunities

Norris, Pippa. "Forward: Women National Leaders Worldwide: Barriers and Opportunities." Women, Gender and Politics: A Reader. Ed. Rainbow Murray. ABC-Clio, 2010.

Securing the Peace: The Durable Settlement of Civil Wars

Toft, Monica Duffy. Securing the Peace: The Durable Settlement of Civil Wars. Princeton University Press, 2010.

The Role of Theory in Ethnographic Research

Wilson, William Julius, and Anmol Chaddha. "The Role of Theory in Ethnographic Research." Ethnography 10.4 (December 2009): 549-564.

Are Outside Offers an Answer to the Compensation Negotiation Dilemma for Women?

Bowles, Hannah Riley, and Linda Babcock. "Are Outside Offers an Answer to the Compensation Negotiation Dilemma for Women?" Academy of Management Proceedings 2009 (2009).

Comment on States, Nations and Regional War

Toft, Monica Duffy. "Commentary on Benjamin Miller’s States, Nations and Regional War." Review of States, Nations and Regional War, by Benjamin Miller. Ethnopolitics, 2009.

What Did You Do All Day? Maternal Education and Child Outcomes

Andrabi, Tahir, Jishnu Das, and Asim Khwaja. "What Did You Do All Day? Maternal Education and Child Outcomes." The World Bank, Policy Research Working Paper Series 5143 and Social Sciences Research Network Paper, November 2009.

Petroleum Patriarchy? A Response to Ross

Norris, Pippa. "Petroleum Patriarchy? A Response to Ross." Politics and Gender 5.4 (November 2009): 553-560.

Powerful Women: Does Exposure Reduce Bias?

Beaman, Lori, Raghabendra Chattopadhyay, Esther Duflo, Rohini Pande, and Petia Topalova. "Powerful Women: Does Exposure Reduce Bias?" Quarterly Journal of Economics 124.4 (November 2009): 1497-1540.

Discrimination in a Low-Wage Labor Market: A Field Experiment

Western, Bruce. "Discrimination in a Low-Wage Labor Market: A Field Experiment." American Sociological Review 74.5 (October 2009): 777-799.

The Global Gender Gap Report

Hausmann, Ricardo, Laura D. Tyson, Saadia Zahidi, eds. The Global Gender Gap Report. World Economic Forum, 2009.

Barack Obama: America’s First Gay President?

McCarthy, Timothy Patrick. "Barack Obama: America’s First Gay President?" Huffington Post, October 2009.

One of Us: Multilevel Models Examining the Impact of Descriptive Representation on Civic Engagement

Norris, Pippa, and Mona Lena Krook. "One of Us: Multilevel Models Examining the Impact of Descriptive Representation on Civic Engagement." vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP09-030, September 2009.

Estimating the Impact of the Hajj: Religion and Tolerance in Islam's Global Gathering

Clingingsmith, David, Asim Ijaz Khwaja, and Michael Kremer. "Estimating the Impact of the Hajj: Religion and Tolerance in Islam's Global Gathering." Quarterly Journal of Economics 124.3 (August 2009): 1133-1170.

Variance Function Regressions for Studying Inequality

Western, Bruce, and Deirdre Bloom. "Variance Function Regressions for Studying Inequality." Sociological Methodology 39.1 (August 2009): 293-326.

Relational Accounts: A Strategy for Women Negotiating for Higher Compensation

Bowles, Hannah Riley, and Linda Babcock. "Relational Accounts: A Strategy for Women Negotiating for Higher Compensation." Paper presented at Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August 2009.

Gender and Persistence in Negotiation: A Dyadic Perspective

Bowles, Hannah Riley, and Frances Flynn. "Gender and Persistence in Negotiation: A Dyadic Perspective." Paper presented at Academy of Managemt Annual Meeting, August 2009.

Why do Arab States Lag the World in Gender
Equality?

Norris, Pippa. "Why do Arab States Lag the World in Gender Equality?" vlog Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP09-020, July 2009.

The Origins of Ethnic Wars: A Historical and Critical Account

Toft, Monica Duffy. The Origins of Ethnic Wars: A Historical and Critical Account. Handbook of War Studies III. Ed. Manus I. Midlarsky. University of Michigan Press, 2009.

Measuring Discrimination in Education

Hanna, Rema, and Leigh Linden. "Measuring Discrimination in Education." NBER Working Papers 15057, June 2009.

Allophilia: Moving Beyond Tolerance in the Classroom

Pittinsky, Todd L. "Allophilia: Moving Beyond Tolerance in the Classroom." Childhood Education 85.4 (Summer 2009): 212-215.

The Sacco-Vanzetti Affair: America on Trial

Temkin, Moshik. The Sacco-Vanzetti Affair: America on Trial. Yale University Press, 2009.

Impact Evaluation of Burkina Faso's BRIGHT Program, Final Report

Levy, Dan, Harounan Kazianga, Leigh Linden, and Matt Sloan. "Impact Evaluation of Burkina Faso's BRIGHT Program, Final Report." Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., May 2009.