Research
Workforce
PUBLICATIONS
Getting your foot in the door: The impact of public sector fellowships on career trajectories.
Sciepura, B., Wall, A., & Linos, E. (2025). Getting your foot in the door: The impact of public sector fellowships on career trajectories. Forthcoming at Public Administration Review.
Intersectional Peer Effects at Work: The Effect of White Coworkers on Black Women's Careers
Linos, E.*, Mobasseri, S.*, & Roussille, N. (2024). Intersectional peer effects at work: The effect of White coworkers on Black women's careers. Management Science. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2022.02010 *joint first author
When Perceptions of Public Service Harm the Public Servant: Predictors of Burnout and Compassion Fatigue in Government
Sciepura, B., & Linos, E. (2022). When perceptions of public service harms the public servant: Predictors of burnout and compassion fatigue in government. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 44(1), 116-138. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371X221081508
Impact of Sexual Harassment and Social Support on Burnout in Physician Mothers
Linos E., Lasky-Fink J., Halley M., Sarkar U., Mangurian C., Sabry H., Linos E., Jagsi R., 2022. Impact of Sexual Harassment and Social Support on Burnout in Physician Mothers. Journal of Women's Health, 31(7), pp. 932-940.
Reducing Burnout and Resignations among Frontline Workers: A Field Experiment
Linos, E., Ruffini, K., & Wilcoxen, S. (2022). Reducing burnout and resignations among frontline workers: A field experiment. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 32(3), 473-488. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muab042
Anxiety levels among physician-mothers during the COVID pandemic
Linos, E., Halley, M., Sarkar, U., Manugrian, C., Sabry, H., Olazo, K., Mathews, K., Diamond, L., Goyal, M., Linos, E., & Jagsi, R. (2021). Anxiety levels among physician-mothers during the COVID pandemic. American Journal of Psychiatry, 178(2), 203-204. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.20071014
The Intersection of Work and Home Challenges Faced by Physician Mothers During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Analysis
Thick Red Tape and the Thin Blue Line: A Field Study on Reducing Administrative Burden in Police Recruitment
Linos, E., & Riesch, N. (2020). Thick red tape and the thin blue line: A field study on administrative burden in police recruitment. Public Administration Review, 80(1), 92-103. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13115
Levelling the playing field in police recruitment: Evidence from a field experiment on test performance
Linos, E., Reinhard, J., & Ruda, S. (2017). Levelling the playing field in police recruitment: Evidence from a field experiment on test performance. Public Administration, 95(4), 943-956. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12344
Increasing diversity in radiation oncology: a call to action
Nead, K., Linos, E., & Vapiwala, N. (2019). Increasing diversity in radiation oncology: A call to action. Advances in Radiation Oncology, 4(2), 226-228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2018.11.009
Physician mothers’ experience of workplace discrimination: a qualitative analysis
Halley, M., Rustagi, A., Torres, J., Linos, E., Plaut, V., Mangurian, C., Choo, E., & Linos, E. (2018). Physician mothers’ experience of workplace discrimination: A qualitative analysis. British Medical Journal, 363(k4926). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k4926
Paid Family and Childbearing Leave Policies at Top US Medical Schools
Riano, N. S., Linos, E., Accurso, E. C., Sung, D., Linos, E., Simard, J. F., & Mangurian, C. (2018). Paid family and childbearing leave policies at top US medical schools. Journal of the American Medical Association, 319(6), 611-614. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2017.19519
More Than Public Service: A Field Experiment on Job Advertisements and Diversity in the Police
Linos, E. (2018). More than public service: A field experiment on job advertisements and diversity in the police. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 28(1), 67-85. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/mux032
WORKING PAPERS
Who gets connected? Network drivers of racial inequality in tie formation.
Mobasseri, S., Abraham, M., & Linos, E. (2025). Who gets connected? Network drivers of racial inequality in tie formation. Revise and Resubmit at Administrative Science Quarterly.
SELECTED ONGOING PROJECTS
Recruiting Healthworkers on the International Labor Market: A Megastudy
With Florian Keppeler, Brenda Sciepura, Karalyn Lacey, and Christian Jacobsen
Improving Public Safety Employee Well-being
With Karalyn Lacey
Improving government-resident interactions
PUBLICATIONS
Interventions to Bolster Benefits Take-Up: Assessing Intensity, Framing, and Targeting of Government Outreach
Linos, E., Lasky-Fink, J., Dorie, V., & Rothstein, J. (2025). Interventions to bolster benefits take-up: Assessing intensity, framing, and targeting of government outreach. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). 122(37), e2504747122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2504747122
Improving Delivery of the Social Safety Net: The Role of Stigma
Lasky-Fink, J., & Linos, E. (2024). Improving delivery of the social safety net: The role of stigma. Journal of Public Administration Review and Theory, 24(2), 270-283. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muad021
The Formality Effect
Linos, E., Lasky-Fink, J., Larkin, C., Moore, L., & Kirkman, E. (2024). The formality effect. Nature Human Behaviour, 8, 300-310. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01761-z
Demystifying College Costs: How Nudges Can and Can’t Help
Linos, E., Reddy, V., & Rothstein, J. (2024). Demystifying college costs: How nudges can and can’t help. Behavioural Public Policy, 8(3), 497-518. https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2022.1
Can Nudges Increase Take-up of the EITC?: Evidence from Multiple Field Experiments
Linos, E., Prohofsky, A., Ramesh, A., Rothstein, J., & Unrath, M. (2022). Can nudges increase take-up of the EITC? Evidence from multiple field experiments. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 14(4), 432-452. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pol.20200603
The (Missing?) Role of Institutions in Behavioral Public Administration: A Roundtable Discourse
Bertelli, A., Riccucci, N., Canterelli, P., Cucciniello, M., Grose, C., John, P., Linos, E., Thomas, A., & Williams, M. (2022). The (missing?) role of institutions in behavioral public administration: A roundtable discourse. Journal of Behavioral Public Administration, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.30636/jbpa.51.304
Nudging Early Reduces Administrative Burden: Three Field Experiments to Improve Code Enforcement
Linos, E., Quan, L. T., & Kirkman, E. (2020). Nudging early reduces administrative burden: Three field experiments to improve code enforcement. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 39, 243-265. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.22178
Behavioral Public Administration: Past, Present, and Future
Bhanot, S. P., & Linos, E. (2020). Behavioral public administration: Past, present, and future. Public Administration Review, 80(1), 168-171. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13129
Do conditional cash transfers shift votes? Evidence from the Honduran PRAF
Linos, E. (2013). Do conditional cash transfers shift votes? Evidence from the Honduran PRAF. Electoral Studies, 32(4), 864-874. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2013.03.007
Screening Programme Evaluation Applied to Airport Security
Linos, E., Linos, E., & Colditz, G. (2007). Screening programme evaluation applied to airport security. British Medical Journal, 335, 1290-1292. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39419.662998.BE
WORKING PAPERS
Stigma and the Social Safety
Lasky-Fink, E., Linos, E., & Wallace, H. (2026). Stigma and the Social Safety Net. HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP26-001.
SELECTED ONGOING PROJECTS
Connecting low-income renters to eviction-prevention services in Boston
With Jessica Lasky-Fink and Heidi Wallace
Understanding landlord take-up of the Housing Choice Voucher Program
With Jessica Lasky-Fink and Heidi Wallace
Evaluating the impact of temporary rental assistance in Denver
With Jessica Lasky-Fink and Alec Wall
Reimagining evidence-based policymaking
PUBLICATIONS
Bottlenecks for Evidence Adoption
DellaVigna, S., Kim, W., & Linos E. (2024). Bottlenecks for evidence adoption. Journal of Political Economy, 132(8). https://doi.org/10.1086/729447
RCTs to Scale: Comprehensive Evidence from Two Nudge Units
DellaVigna, S., & Linos, E. (2022). RCTs to scale: Comprehensive evidence from two nudge units. Econometrica. 90(1), 81-116. https://doi.org/10.3982/ECTA18709
Innovation with field experiments: Studying organizational behaviors in actual organizations
Hauser O., Linos E., Rogers T. 2017 Innovation with Field Experiments: Studying Organizational Behaviors in Actual Organizations. Research in Organizational Behavior.
WORKING PAPERS
Reimagining Evidence-Based Policymaking: A Research Agenda for Making Evidence Useful, Usable, and Used.
Linos, E. Revise and Resubmit at Nature Human Behaviour.
SELECTED ONGOING PROJECTS
Evidence Adoption at Scale
With Stefano DellaVigna, Woojin Kim, and Max Spohn