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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

Single Country Studies and Comparative Politics.

Culpepper, Pepper D. "Single Country Studies and Comparative Politics." Italian Politics & Society Spring 2005.

Markets Can Make Fisheries Sustainable.

Stavins, Robert N. "Markets Can Make Fisheries Sustainable." The Environmental Forum March/April 2005: 12.

Beyond Kyoto: Getting Serious About Climate Change.

Stavins, Robert N. "Beyond Kyoto: Getting Serious About Climate Change." Milken Institute Review March 2005: 28-37.

When Does Gender Matter in Negotiation?

Pradel, Dina, Hannah Riley Bowles, and Kathleen McGinn. "When Does Gender Matter in Negotiation?" Negotiation (8) 2005: 9-10.

Electoral Reform and Fragmented Multipartyism.

Norris, Pippa. "Electoral Reform and Fragmented Multipartyism." Onkymeha 2005: 71-105.

A Better Climate Change Agreement.

Stavins, Robert N. "A Better Climate Change Agreement." The Environmental Forum January/February 2005: 12.

On the Ludicrous Search for: The Magical Performance System.

Behn, Robert. "On the Ludicrous Search for: The Magical Performance System." Bob Behn's Public Management Report January 2005.

How Bad Leadership Happens.

Kellerman, Barbara. "How Bad Leadership Happens." Leader to Leader Winter 2005.

Don't Blame Trade for U.S. Job Losses.

Bailey, Martin Neil and Robert Z. Lawrence. "Don't Blame Trade for U.S. Job Losses." McKinsey Quarterly January 2005.

Negotiauctions.

Zeckhauser, Richard, and Guhan Subramanian. "Negotiauctions." Negotiation February 2005.

Democratic Providentialism.

Ignatieff, Michael. "Democratic Providentialism." New York Times Magazine December 12, 2004.

Forging a More Effective Global Climate Treaty.

Stavins, Robert N. "Forging a More Effective Global Climate Treaty." Environment December 2004: 23-30.

On the Self-Deception of: The Charisma Excuse.

Behn, Robert. "On the Self-Deception of: The Charisma Excuse." Bob Behn's Public Management Report December 2004.

Rewiring Government.

Goldsmith, Stephen, and William D. Eggers. "Rewiring Government." Federal Computer Weekly November 18, 2004.

A Hero of Our Time

Power, Samantha. "A Hero of Our Time." New York Review of Books. November 18, 2004.

The Terrorist as Auteur.

Ignatieff, Michael. "The Terrorist as Auteur." New York Times Magazine November 14, 2004.

What Right to Vote?

Keyssar, Alexander. "What Right to Vote?" New York Magazine November 8, 2004.

The Election and America's Future.

Ignatieff, Michael, et al. "The Election and America's Future." New York Review of Books November 4, 2004.

On the Core Drivers of: CitiStat.

Behn, Robert. "On the Core Drivers of: CitiStat." Bob Behn's Public Management Report November 2004.

Governing by Network: CIOs and the New Public Sector.

Goldsmith, Stephen. "Governing by Network: CIOs and the New Public Sector." Public CIO November 2004.

A Debate on the Budget Deficit.

Frankel, Jeffrey A. "A Debate on the Budget Deficit." Challenge November 2004: 12-45.

Peculiar Institution.

Keyssar, Alexander. "Peculiar Institution." Boston Sunday Globe October 17, 2004.

It's Not Enough to Call It Genocide

Power, Samantha. "It's Not Enough to Call It Genocide." Time. October 4, 2004.

On the Challenge of: Year Two.

Behn, Robert. "On the Challenge of: Year Two." Bob Behn's Public Management Report October 2004.

National Security: Tick, Tick, Tick.

Allison, Graham. "National Security: Tick, Tick, Tick." Atlantic October 2004.

The Myths of Market Prices and Efficiency.

Stavins, Robert N. "The Myths of Market Prices and Efficiency." The Environmental Forum September/October 2004.

Why Programs Get Replicated.

Frumkin, Peter, and David Reingold. "Why Programs Get Replicated." Nonprofit Quarterly Fall 2004: 46-59.

Nuclear Terrorism: How Serious a Threat to Russia?

Allison, Graham. "Nuclear Terrorism: How Serious a Threat to Russia?" Russia in Global Affairs (online edition). September/October 2004.

On the Tyranny of: Bureaucratic Routines.

Behn, Robert. "On the Tyranny of: Bureaucratic Routines." Bob Behn's Public Management Report September 2004.

The Reformation.

Kelman, Steven. "The Reformation." Government Executive August 23, 2004.

A Time for Statesmanship.

Kelman, Steven. "A Time for Statesmanship." Federal Computer Week (August 4, 2004).

Dying in Darfur: Can the Ethnic Cleansing in Sudan Be Stopped?

Power, Samantha. "Dying in Darfur: Can the Ethnic Cleansing in Sudan Be Stopped?" New Yorker August 30, 2004.

The Right Judgment: Government IT Agenda's Soft Side Gets Harder.

Mechling, Jerry. "The Right Judgment: Government IT Agenda's Soft Side Gets Harder." Public CIO Magazine August 2004.

On Why Public Managers Have to Have: Multiple Performance Measures.

Behn, Robert. "On Why Public Managers Have to Have: Multiple Performance Measures." Bob Behn's Public Management Report August 2004.

The Myth of Simple Market Solutions.

Stavins, Robert N. "The Myth of Simple Market Solutions." The Environmental Forum July/August 2004: 12.

On the Many Answers to the Question: Why Measure Performance?

Behn, Robert. "On the Many Answers to the Question: Why Measure Performance?" Bob Behn's Public Management Report July 2004.

The Payoff of Trust.

Bohnet, Iris. "The Payoff of Trust." Negotiation (July 2004): 9-11.

The Unbearable Burden of Destiny: America, the Good and the Ugly.

Ignatieff, Michael. "The Unbearable Burden of Destiny: America, the Good and the Ugly." New York Times Magazine June 30, 2004.

Mirage in the Desert.

Ignatieff, Michael. "Mirage in the Desert." New York Times Magazine June 27, 2004.

The Housing Reform That Backfired.

Husock, Howard. "The Housing Reform That Backfired." City Journal Summer 2004.

The EPA's Risky Reasoning.

Coglianese, Cary, and Gary Marchant. "The EPA's Risky Reasoning." Regulation Summer 2004: 16-22.

On Why Public Managers Must: Measure Outputs.

Behn, Robert. "On Why Public Managers Must: Measure Outputs." Bob Behn's Public Management Report June 2004.

Our Unequal Democracy.

Jencks, Christopher. "Our Unequal Democracy." The American Prospect June 2004: A2-A4.

Medicare Solutions - And Problems.

Newhouse, Joseph P. "Medicare Solutions - And Problems." Harvard Magazine May/June 2004: 33-35.

The Myth of the Universal Market.

Stavins, Robert N. "The Myth of the Universal Market." The Environmental Forum May/June 2004: 12.

Could We Lose the War on Terror?: Lesser Evils.

Ignatieff, Michael. "Could We Lose the War on Terror?: Lesser Evils." New York Times Magazine May 2, 2004.

On the Value of Creating: Esteem Opportunities.

Behn, Robert. "On the Value of Creating: Esteem Opportunities." Bob Behn's Public Management Report May 2004.

The Lesson of Hannah Arendt.

Power, Samantha. "The Lesson of Hannah Arendt." New York Review of Books April 29, 2004.

Why India Can Grow at 7% a Year or More.

Rodrik, Dani, and Arvind Subramanian. "Why India Can Grow at 7% a Year or More." Economic and Political Weekly April 17-23, 2004.

On the Ubiquity of: Dumb Rules.

Behn, Robert. "On the Ubiquity of: Dumb Rules." Bob Behn's Public Management Report April 2004.