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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

Review of Private Charity and Public Inquiry: A History of the Filer and Peterson Commissions

Hall, Peter. Review of Private Charity and Public Inquiry: A History of the Filer and Peterson Commissions, by Eleanor Brilliant. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 31.4 December 2002.

Review of The Environment: Between Theory and Practice

Fung, Archon. Review of The Environment: Between Theory and Practice, by Avner De-Shalit. Environment, 44.5 June 2002: 37.

Making Democracy Work?

Ganz, Marshall. "Making Democracy Work?" Review of Dry Bones Rattling: Community Building to Revitalize American Democracy, by Mark R. Warren. Contexts, 1.3 Fall 2002: 62-63.

“A Wild Ride Around the World”

Lawrence, Robert Z. “A Wild Ride Around the World.” Review of Free Trade Today, by Jagdish Bhagwati. Financial Times, April 3, 2002.

Recollections of an Exceptional Day

Kalb, Marvin. "Recollections of an Exceptional Day." Review of Running Toward Danger: Stories Behind the Breaking News of 9/11, by the Newseum with Cathy Trost and Alicia C. Shepard. American Journalism Review, September 2002: 67.

Return of the Gadfly

Hart, David. "Return of the Gadfly." Review of Science, Money, and Politics: Political Triumph and Ethical Erosion, by Daniel S. Greenberg. Issues in Science and Technology, Winter 2001-2002: 89-93.

Review of Inventing the Electronic Century: The Epic Story of the Computer and Consumer Electronics Industries

Hart, David. Review of Inventing the Electronic Century: The Epic Story of the Computer and Consumer Electronics Industries, by Alfred D. Chandler. American Scientist, January-February 2002.

Comment on Immigration and the U.S. Economy: Labour-Market Impacts, Illegal Entry, and Policy Choices

Borjas, George. Review of Immigration and the U.S. Economy: Labour-Market Impacts, Illegal Entry, and Policy Choices, by Gordon H. Hanson, Kenneth F. Scheve, Matthew J. Slaughter, and Antonio Spilimbergo. ed. Tito Boeri, Gordon Hanson, and Barry McCormick. Oxford University Press, 2002.

Review of American Project</i> and <i>Crossing the Class and Color Lines

Briggs, Xavier de Souza. Review of American Project and Crossing the Class and Color Lines, by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh, and Leonard S. Rubinowitz and James E. Rosenbaum. City and Community, 1.1 2002.

Review of Disjointed Pluralism: Institutional Innovation and the Development of the U.S. Congress

King, David C. Review of Disjointed Pluralism: Institutional Innovation and the Development of the U.S. Congress, by Eric Schickler. American Political Science Review, September 2002.

Review of Health Policy in the Clinton Era: Once Bitten, Twice Shy

Newhouse, Joseph P. Review of Health Policy in the Clinton Era: Once Bitten, Twice Shy, by David Cutler and Jonathan Gruber. ed. Jeffrey Frankel and Peter Orszag. MIT Press, 2002.

Barbarians at the Gate?

Ignatieff, Michael. "Barbarians at the Gate?" Review of Warrior Politics: Why Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethos, by Robert D. Kaplan. The New York Review of Books, 49.3 February 28, 2002.

Barbarians at the Gates

Ignatieff, Michael. "Barbarians at the Gates." Review of The Lessons of Terror: A History of Warfare Against Civilians, by Caleb Carr. New York Times Book Review, February 17, 2002.

Review of Workforce Development and the New Unionism,

Donahue, John D. "Review of." Review of Workforce Development and the New Unionism, by Penn Kemble. CommonWealth, Winter 2002.

Comment on Long-Term Capital Movements

Frankel, Jeffrey A. Comment on "Long-Term Capital Movements," by Philip R. Lane and Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti. NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2001, 16 2002.

Comment on The Current State of the Japanese Economy and Remedies

Frankel, Jeffrey A. Comments on "The Current State of the Japanese Economy and Remedies" by Naoyuki Yoshino and Eisuke Sakakibara. Asian Economic Papers, 1.2 Spring 2002.

Comment on Revisiting the Case for a Populist Central Banker

Guzzo, Vincenzo, and Andrés Velasco. Comment on "Revisiting the Case for a Populist Central Banker" by Francesco Lippi. European Economic Review, 46.3 March 2002: 613-621.

Review of Nonlinear Statistical Modeling: Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Symposium in Economic Theory and Econometrics: Essays in Honor of Takeshi Amemiya

Abadie, Alberto. Review of Nonlinear Statistical Modeling: Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Symposium in Economic Theory and Econometrics: Essays in Honor of Takeshi Amemiya, ed. Hsiao, Cheng, Kimio Morimune, and James L. Powell. Journal of Economic Literature, XL.1, 2002: 165-166.

Getting the Bill

Gergen, David. "Getting the Bill." Review of The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton, by Joe Klein. Boston Globe, March 3, 2002.

Accessory to Murder?

Power, Samantha. "Accessory to Murder?" Review of A People Betrayed: The Role of the West in Rwanda's Genocide, by Linda Melvern. New York Times, February 11, 2001.

Chains of Command

Ignatieff, Michael. "Chains of Command." Review of Waging Modern War: Bosnia, Kosovo, and the Future of Combat, by Wesley K. Clark. New York Review of Books, 48.12 July 19, 2001.

Bush's First Strike

Ignatieff, Michael. "Bush's First Strike." Review of Saddam's Bombmaker: The Terrifying Inside Story of the Iraqi Nuclear and Biological Weapons Agenda, by Khidhir Hazma, with Jeff Stein. New York Review of Books, 48.5 March 29, 2001.

Review of Legal Alchemy: The Use and Misuse of Science in the Law

Jasanoff, Sheila. Review of Legal Alchemy: The Use and Misuse of Science in the Law, by David L. Faigman. ISIS: Journal of the History of Science in Society, 92.2 June 2001: 378-379.

Review of Models of Capitalism: Growth and Stagnation in the Modern Era

Culpepper, Pepper D. Review of by David Coates. Political Science Quarterly, 115.4, Winter 2000-2001.

The Crusade for Free Trade: Evaluating Clinton's International Economics Policy

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "The Crusade for Free Trade: Evaluating Clinton's International Economics Policy." Review of The Wind of the Hundred Days: How Washington Mismanaged Globalization, by Jagdish Bhagwati. Foreign Affairs, 1.2 March-April 2001.

Review of Growing Civil Society

Frumkin, Peter. Review of Growing Civil Society, by Jon Van Til. Society, October-November 2001.

Review of Emergent Actors in World Politics: How States and Nations Develop

Lazer, David. Review of Emergent Actors in World Politics: How States and Nations Develop, by Lars-Erik Cederman. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, March 2001.

Desperate Hours

Newman, Katherine. "Desperate Hours." Review of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, by Barbara Ehrenreich. Washington Post, 10 June 2001.

Why Do Expressive Campaigns Succeed and Fail?

Fung, Archon. "Why Do Expressive Campaigns Succeed and Fail?" Review of Eco-Wars: Political Campaigns and Social Movements, by Ronald Libby. Journal of Political Ecology: Case Studies in History and the Social Sciences, January 2001.

A Deeply Democratic Developmental State: The Socio-Political Basis of the Kerala Model

Fung, Archon. "A Deeply Democratic Developmental State: The Socio-Political Basis of the Kerala Model." Review of The Labor of Development: Workers and the Transformation of Capitalism in Kerala, India, by Patrick Heller. Contemporary Sociology, 30.1 January 2001: 75-7.

Review of The Big Test

Hall, Peter. Review of The Big Test, by Nicholas Lemann. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 30.1 March 2001.

Over There

Waldman, Michael. "Over There." Review of War in a Time of Peace, by David Halberstam. Boston Globe, September 20, 2001.

Comment on The Challenge of Adjustment in America and Europe

Cooper, Richard N. Comment on "The Challenge of Adjustment in America and Europe." Efficiency, Equity, and Legitimacy: the Multilateral Trading System at the Millennium, Ed. Roger Porter, Pierre Sauve, Arvind Subramanian, and Americo Beviglia Zampetti. Brookings Institution, 2001.

Comment on Who's Afraid of Globalization? Domestic Adjustment in Europe and America

Rodrik, Dani. Comment on Who's Afraid of Globalization? Domestic Adjustment in Europe and America, by André Sapir. Efficiency, Equity, Legitimacy, Brookings Institution Press, 2001: 209-211.

Comment on Medical Care in the Consumer Price Index

Newhouse, Joseph P. Comment on "Medical Care in the Consumer Price Index" by Ina Kay Ford and Daniel H. Ginsberg. Medical Care Output and Productivity, Ed. David M. Cutler and Ernst R. Berndt. University of Chicago Press, 2001.

Comment on Health Care Output and Prices in the Producer Price Index by Dennis Fixler and Mitchell Ginsburg.

Newhouse, Joseph P. Comment on "Health Care Output and Prices in the Producer Price Index" by Dennis Fixler and Mitchell Ginsburg. Medical Care Output and Productivity, Ed. David M. Cutler and Ernst R. Berndt. University of Chicago Press, 2001.

Comment on The Concentration of Medical Spending: An Update

Newhouse, Joseph P. Comment on "The Concentration of Medical Spending: An Update" by David M. Cutler and Ellen Meara. Themes in the Economics of Aging, Ed. David A. Wise. University of Chicago Press, 2001.

Comment on The Sources of Cost Difference in Health Insurance Plans: A Decomposition Analysis

Newhouse, Joseph P. Comment on "The Sources of Cost Difference in Health Insurance Plans: A Decomposition Analysis" by Matthew Eichner, Mark McClellan, and David A. Wise. Themes in the Economics of Aging, Ed. David A. Wise. 2001.

Body (Re)Building

Bane, Mary Jo. "Body (Re)Building." Review of Dry Bones Rattling: Community Building to Revitalize American Democracy, by Mark R. Warren. America, 185.14 November 5, 2001.

Accessory to Murder?

Power, Samantha. "Accessory to Murder?" Review of A People Betrayed: The Role of the West in Rwanda's Genocide, by Linda Melvern. New York Times Book Review, February 11, 2001.

Comment on Full Dollarization: The Case of Panama,

Frankel, Jeffrey A. Comment on "Full Dollarization: The Case of Panama," by Ilan Goldfajn and Gino Olivares. Economia, Spring 2001.

Comment on Evolving Post-World War II Inflation Dynamics

Stock, James H. Discussion of "Evolving Post-World War II Inflation Dynamics," by Cogley and Sargent. NBER Macroeconomics Annual, 2001.

Comment on Policy Rules for Inflation Targeting

Stock, James H. Comment on Policy Rules for Inflation Targeting, by Glenn Rudebusch and Lars E.O. Svensson. Monetary Policy Rules, 1999: 253-262.

The Spree Decade

Gergen, David. "The Spree Decade." Review of The Best of Times: America in the Clinton Years, by Haynes Johnson. Boston Globe, October 21, 2001.