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- Forthcoming
- Article
On the Economic Origins of Concerns Over Women’s Chastity
By: Anke Becker
This paper studies the origins and function of customs and norms that intend to keep women from being promiscuous. Using large-scale survey data from more than 100 countries, I test the anthropological theory that a particular form of preindustrial... View Details
Keywords: Infibulation; Female Sexuality; Paternity Uncertainty; Concern About Women's Chastity; Pastoralism; Economic Anthropology; History; Gender; Social Issues; Culture
Becker, Anke. "On the Economic Origins of Concerns Over Women’s Chastity." Review of Economic Studies (forthcoming). (Pre-published online August 26, 2024.)
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Rating Better
associate professor Joshua Coval, and Lubos Pastor of the University of Chicago’s business school, conclude that a manager’s ability can best be detected by comparing his or her portfolio with those of other fund managers with stellar... View Details
- July 2010
- Article
Is a Higher Calling Enough? Incentives Effects in the Church
By: Christopher Parsons, J. Hartzell and D. Yermack
We study the compensation and productivity of more than 2,000 Methodist ministers in a 43‐year panel data set. The church appears to use pay‐for‐performance incentives for its clergy, as their compensation follows a sharing rule by which pastors receive approximately... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Organizations; Religion; Performance Evaluation; Compensation and Benefits
Parsons, Christopher, J. Hartzell, and D. Yermack. "Is a Higher Calling Enough? Incentives Effects in the Church." Journal of Labor Economics 28, no. 3 (July 2010): 509–538.
- 08 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Centuries of Restrictions on Women Shed Light on Today's Abortion Debate
societies where men were away from home for extended periods to work and found it difficult to monitor the behavior of women, for example in societies that relied more on pastoralism rather than agriculture. In pre-industrial times, View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- 11 Oct 2023
- News
Soldier On
parents, they're pastors and I've always been raised that you have to give back. That's the true meaning of service and of life on this earth. And I thought it was my responsibility and I knew the current mayor was retiring. And the motto... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
The Power of Prayer
region. The Collective Banking Group is a national organization of African-American churches that agrees to conduct its business with partnering banks and encourages parishioners to do the same. The CBG was formed in 1993 by Reverend Jonathan Weaver (MBA ’75), a View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- Portrait Project
Meredith Cantrell
more exciting to me than the game itself. I've tiptoed through life as an interloper, longing for a quick glimpse into others' most intimate, most awe-inspiring moments. Now, I plan to spend my life helping to create these moments for others. I want to enable artists... View Details
- 19 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems
Influences on Megachurch Pastors is an early-stage paper that looks at how leaders maintain the values of their institutions even as their industries rapidly change around them. Using the example of pastors... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino
- June 2005
- Article
Judging Fund Managers by the Company They Keep
By: Randolph B. Cohen, Joshua Coval and Lubos Pastor
Cohen, Randolph B., Joshua Coval, and Lubos Pastor. "Judging Fund Managers by the Company They Keep." Journal of Finance 60, no. 3 (June 2005).
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Creating Miracles — Charles A. Coverdale (MBA 1971)
to overflowing with goodwill. That's because running the show is Pastor Charles Coverdale, a big man with a big heart, a big laugh, and a big dream. Known fondly as "the hugging preacher" because of his own easy, bearlike grip and his... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 09 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Meet The HBS Sound Society
featuring forte pianist Robert Levin, Harvard University's Dwight P. Robinson, Jr. Professor of Music Emeritus. Following an amazing program showcasing Beethoven at his most lyrical and poetic in his Pastoral Symphony and Fourth Piano... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
- 21 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Going Negative in Political Advertising
negative advertisements we've seen from the Clinton campaign: "Fear appeal" ads, such as the 3am phone call, designed to worry voters about Obama's lack of experience. Guilt-by-association ads that include footage of Pastor... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- Profile
Daniel Serna
As a boy, Dan Serna rode in his uncle's pick-up truck over the family's farms in Texas. But what might have been a cherished pastoral memory, instead became an inspiration. In high school, Dan served as an Information Ranger at Appleton... View Details
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Institutional Voice | About
is committed to creating an environment where all members of the community can achieve their greatest potential. When things happen that affect members of the community, the University must respond with compassion and support. It can better do so by extending View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Meditations on the Bottom Line
pastoral environment of Kripalu was shattered in the fall of 1994, when the resident spiritual leader was forced to resign due to sexual misconduct. Many ashram residents left in disillusionment, donations to the center fell off... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Class of 1975 in Review
not surprising to see some of our classmates choose alternative career paths. We are rightfully proud of classmates such as Pastor Jon Weaver, nurse Carol Martin, award-winning songwriter Eric Vogt, and Reva Seybolt, a "hands-on healer"... View Details
Keywords: J. Hans Stumm
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Turning Point: The Dark Season
member of my church, which led to a position at Jones Lang LaSalle. About a year later, the Chicago Bears were looking for a part-time team chaplain, and the head of player engagement called his pastor in Denver, who happened to be my... View Details
Keywords: Jonathan Wilkins (MBA 2007, MDiv 2009)
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Rating Fund Managers by the Company They Keep
Many tools for rating the performance of mutual funds and their managers rely heavily on past performance. But what about the future? Now comes a system devised by Randolph B. Cohen and Joshua D. Coval of Harvard Business School, and Lubos View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 15 Sep 2015
- News
Easing the Costs of Saving a Child
more than 300 children in orphanages across the United States and in 35 countries. “There is a great need among middle-income families – postmen, teachers, pastors – who have the heart for these kids, but are often short on the money to... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Beacon of Liberty
babies on the “no fly” list. It’s searches and racial profiling at airport security. It’s suspicious looks from neighbors. We experience this where we work and live. And then we turn on the nightly news and we see hatred, like the pastor... View Details