Labor - Publications - Faculty & Research

1998
Chapter

How to Integrate Work and Deepen Expertise

By: D. A. Leonard

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Working Conditions

Citation

18 Oct 2018
News

What Will Trump Do Next With Chinese Student Visas?

14 May 2021
News

A Data-Driven Approach to Identifying — and Retaining — Top Employees

03 Jul 2020
News

Gig Workers Are Here to Stay. It’s Time to Give Them Benefits.

Keywords: Alex Rosenblat

04 Jun 2020
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Why Everyone Should Not Go to College

Keywords: Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

04 Sep 2019
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Research Brief: Ending the Legacy of Poverty

Scott Duke Kominers (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva) Scott Duke Kominers (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva) Income inequality over multiple generations is not just the result of wealthy families passing down money—it’s how those families spend their money, namely on their... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Educational Services

28 May 2019
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Cure All

Associate Professor Raffaella Sadun (left) and Professor Leemore Dafny (right); image by John Ritter Professors Raffaella Sadun and Leemore Dafny are both economists who have studied hospitals extensively—Sadun’s research has looked at the economics of management,... View Details

Keywords: Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

20 May 2015
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City Treasurer Kurt Summers on How to Save Chicago From Bankruptcy

Keywords: Government

01 Dec 2005
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Top-Flight Tory

His grandfather was a Communist, and he was born to a single mother living in council housing, but David Davis (AMP 96, 1985) has grown up to become a leading figure in Britain’s Conservative Party. His humble origins may give him broad national appeal to go along with... View Details

Keywords: Britain's Conservative Party; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

25 Sep 2008
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Been There, Seen That

It’s been a grim couple of weeks out there. Personally, I’ve had more déjà vu than I’ve seen in a long time, as Yogi Berra might have said, especially after losing a string of tough doubleheaders. My own sobering twin bill has consisted of revisiting, in recent days,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Government; Management

01 Mar 2003
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Service with a Smile

data from 111 workers — college students who labored in service jobs — the pair measured job satisfaction and its relationship to whether workers were being asked to hide or exaggerate emotions. Their study, “A Longitudinal Analysis of... View Details

Keywords: Laura Morgan Roberts; Stephane Cote; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Corporate Transparency Improves For Foreign Firms in U.S. Markets

equity or direct investment in the company's home country and labor market interactions evidenced by business travel from the home country to the U.S follow U.S.-style disclosure practices. There is mixed evidence that a company's exports... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

01 Sep 2004
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Home Sweet (Modular) Home

the initial workflow issues have been resolved. On-site finish work turned out to be a major problem. It’s the general contractor’s job to hook up the utilities and finish interior details once Greentech assembles its modular structures. But a shortage of skilled View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

07 Aug 2019
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“The Star of the North”

companies. They also boast a rising labor force that’s among the strongest in the country, while the workforces of other states are dwindling. Health care in the area is strong, highlighted by the Mayo Clinic, and the education system is... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Mar 2018
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March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

Beckert and Christine Desan (Columbia University Press) This volume presents a sampling of cutting-edge research from prominent scholars. These essays offer new angles on finance, debt, and credit; women’s rights; slavery and political economy; the racialization of... View Details

01 Jun 2013
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Collective Wisdom

crowdsourcing, correct? Yes, you can post any sort of task—whether it's editing a document, providing website copy, or verifying directory entries—and people with the abilities and time available will bid on it. Companies like Elance and oDesk make it possible to find... View Details

Keywords: crowdsourcing; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jan 2005
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Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964

Rajiv. Bajaj acknowledges there's still much he wants to do, particularly as India takes its place as a world economic power. "We still have to address some lingering problems in my country," he says, "including an inadequate infrastructure, inflexible View Details

2015
Working Paper

The Integrity of Private Third-party Compliance Monitoring

By: Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel

Government agencies are increasingly turning to private, third-party monitors to inspect and assess regulated entities’ compliance with law. The integrity of these regulatory regimes rests on the validity of the information third-party monitors provide to regulators.... View Details