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- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
roughly 16% less likely to be accepted than identical guests with distinctively White names. The difference persists whether the host is African-American or White, male or female. The difference also... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
on how gender stereotypes impact belief updating. Participants in our experiments take tests of their ability across different domains. Absent feedback, beliefs of own ability are strongly influenced by... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 31 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 31
Working PapersFrom Bench to Board: Gender Differences in University Scientists' Participation in Commercial Science Authors:Waverly W. Ding, Fiona Murray, and Toby E. Stuart Abstract This paper examines... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2014
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpen Your Negotiation Skills
consequences of the (surprisingly) limited extent to which social influence research has penetrated the field of negotiation. Better Deals Through Level II Strategies: Advance Your Interests by Helping to Solve Their Internal ProblemsHelping the other negotiator solve... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
experiences at work and at home are shaped by social class, heightening identification with gender for relatively upper class women and identification with class for relatively lower class women, potentially mitigating, or even reversing,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Women Find New Path to Work
were either out of the paid work force altogether or who had reduced their commitment and felt they were off the professional career track for a while. It turned out in 2001 that we had a very big opening group, but we also found out that there were two View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 24 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
customer-to-customer communications promote different types of usage? We study these questions using two data sets and by developing a multivariate hierarchical Poisson hidden Markov model (HMM), which fits the data significantly better... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Zambian Schoolgirls Receive Negotiation Training
women’s lives, helping them overcome gender disparities and providing useful life skills. “The reality is that these are teenagers who operate just the way you and I would within the constraints of their lives and culture,” McGinn said.... View Details
Keywords: Re: Kathleen L. McGinn
- 14 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?
approval. There won't be any issues with this,” to keep confidence among consumers. But consumers need to go in with eyes wide open and understand that this approval is not equal to an approval of a drug that had 36 months or more and detailed phases of trials. This is... View Details
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
to better connections rather than superior skill. Knowing When to Ask: The Cost of Leaning-in By: Exley, Christine L., Muriel Niederle, and Lise Vesterlund Abstract—Gender differences in the propensity to negotiate are often used to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
Government Efficiency, and Profitability Around the World By: Healy, Paul M., George Serafeim, Suraj Srinivasan, and Gwen Yu Abstract—We examine how cross-country differences in product, capital, and labor market competition, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
protection and mimicking and changes in crime victimization. Our findings are consistent with the presence of a negative externality on the poor arising from the protection expenditures of the rich. Seeing and Being Seen Across View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Work, Family, Private Life: Why Not All Three?
own experiences and offered expertise as well as personal reflection on this all-too-common dilemma. Myra Hart a professor at Harvard Business School and an expert on gender in organizations, described her research and the outreach she's... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
For Migrant Workers, Homesickness Can Reduce Productivity
a Chinese migrant, it might be more important to go back home during the Chinese New Year, rather than during the December break.” Although the study was able to exploit the random assignment of workers to different locations, thus... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 30 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55179 When Harry Fired Sally: The Double Standard in Punishing Misconduct By: Egan, Mark, Gregor Matvos, and Amit Seru Abstract—We examine gender differences... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation
has indeed increased at certain workplaces, particularly ones dominated by white workers, as more minorities have been hired at these firms over time. But as Koning and Ferguson zoomed out and looked at a large number of workplaces across the United States, they found... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
Gender Difference in Patenting in the Academic Life Sciences Authors:Waverly W. Ding, Fiona Murray, and Toby E. Stuart Periodical:Science 313 (August 2006): 665-667 Abstract We analyzed longitudinal data on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Understanding Users of Social Networks
internship in D.C. last summer.' " Piskorski has also found deep gender differences in the use of sites. The biggest usage categories are men looking at women they don't know, followed by men looking at... View Details
- 30 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 30, 2015
risks. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45672 Mums the Word! Cross-national Effects of Maternal Employment on Gender Inequalities at Work and at Home By: McGinn, Kathleen L., Mayra Ruiz Castro, and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
contribution rates differ between employees hired before versus after the Roth introduction, which means that the amount of retirement consumption being purchased by 401(k) contributions increases after the Roth introduction. A survey... View Details