Inequality - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Oct 2024
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Behind the Research: Lumumba Seegars

07 Jul 2015
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Want more customers? Lower your CEO’s pay.

08 Nov 2010
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For the past several decades, income inequality in the United States has steadily increased. The extent of this inequality is exacerbated when making comparisons between the very rich and poor or men and women. Professor Exley’s research is driven by a desire to better... View Details

03 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 3, 2008

Working PapersAccountability and Inequality in Single-Party Regimes: A Comparative Analysis of Vietnam and China Authors:Regina Abrami, Edmund Malesky, and Yu Zheng Abstract Over the past two decades, no two economies have averaged more... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Jan 2020
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Davos 2020 Theme: Better Capitalism

08 Nov 2017
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As The Demand For Higher Education Rises, So Do College Admissions Standards

27 Feb 2025
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AI, power, and society: Leading scholars on technology's future impact

06 Aug 2018
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Women More Likely to Survive Heart Attacks If Treated by Female Doctors

Ashley V. Whillans

Ashley Whillans is the Volpert Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, where she teaches the Motivation and Incentives course to MBA students. Professor Whillans earned her PhD in Social Psychology from the University of... View Details

31 Oct 2022
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Health Minute: Krys Mroczkowski

January 2011
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Building a Better America—One Wealth Quintile at a Time

By: Michael I. Norton and Dan Ariely

Disagreements about the optimal level of wealth inequality underlie policy debates ranging from taxation to welfare. We attempt to insert the desires of "regular" Americans into these debates, by asking a nationally representative online panel to estimate the current... View Details

Keywords: Taxation; Policy; Perspective; Wealth; Equality and Inequality; Income; Demography; Debates; Welfare; Diversity; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; United States

27 Apr 2017
HBS Seminar

Claudine Gartenberg, NYU Stern School of Business

29 Aug 2018
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How Much Does Your Boss Make? The Effects of Salary Comparisons

Keywords: by Zoë B. Cullen and Ricardo Perez-Truglia

26 Oct 2017
HBS Seminar

Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University

18 Feb 2020
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Business leaders see U.S. unprepared for economic downturn

28 May 2019
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Rise in Unruly Behavior on Planes Is Tied to Stress of Flying

03 Jun 2020
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Five Ethical Challenges During COVID-19 That Businesses Need to Meet

26 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 26

http://ssrn.com/abstract=2232177 How Elastic Are Preferences for Redistribution? Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments By: Kuziemko, Ilyana, Michael I. Norton, Emmanuel Saez, and Stefanie Stantcheva Abstract—This paper analyzes the effects of information about... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Nov 2013
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