In the absence of a federal paid sick leave (PSL) standard, numerous U.S. states have passed laws to provide workers access to such…
Lisa M. Lynch is the 2025-26 Stone Visiting Scholar/Visiting Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Maurice…
Research from the Shift Project examines the effects of paid sick leave laws.
With a master’s in Education Policy and Analysis from Harvard GSE, I recently helped facilitate a workshop for the São Paulo Department of…
Jencks helped pioneer the study of inequality and developed generations of scholars.
Place-based policy in the United States comprises a wide range of government programs that are spread across federal, state, and local…
Shift Project research shows displaced workers experienced a decline in well-being, but unemployment insurance provided a measure of relief.
The new CID Voices podcast from the Harvard Center for International Development is bringing together a constellation of leaders who are…
This paper synthesizes the economics literature on skills and human capital, with a particular focus on higher-order capacities like social…
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Research shows service sector workers do best when they change sectors or find themselves in tight labor markets. But also that the vast…