Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (363) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (363) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 15 of 363 Results →
Sort by

Are you looking for?

→Search All HBS Web
  • September 2020
  • Article

Community-Level Postmaterialism and Anti-Migrant Attitudes:: An Original Survey on Opposition to Sub-Saharan African Migrants in the Middle East

By: Matt Buehler, Kristin Fabbe and Kyung Joon Han
Why do native citizens of the Middle East and North Africa express greater opposition to certain types of migrants, refugees, and displaced persons? Why, particularly, do they express greater opposition to sub-Saharan African migrants? This article investigates these... View Details
Keywords: Postmaterialism; Immigration; Attitudes; Prejudice and Bias; Surveys; Africa; Middle East
Related
  • 17 Oct 2016
  • HBS Case

Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste

Council, author of the white paper Wasted; Emily Broad Leib of the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic, co-author with Gunders of The Dating Game; and Tristram Stuart, author of the book Waste. The issue is more than just an academic subject for Alvarez. An View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage
  • 02 Oct 2000
  • What Do You Think?

What Lies Beyond NAFTA?

of the Mexican labor force. In the words of Alejandro Jaime, "American society needs Mexico and vice versa." Nor was there any argument that illegal immigration into the U.S. from Mexico is a dehumanizing process for both... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 23 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

individual passengers’ connection times, the system also produces quantile forecasts for the number of passengers arriving at the immigration and security areas. Academic/Practical relevance: Airports and airlines have been challenged to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 27 Aug 2013
  • First Look

First Look: August 27

help explain all three facts. We then exploit a natural experiment in the expiration in legislation surrounding the H-1B visa cap for high-skilled immigrant workers to study how these costs affect firms' responses to policy changes. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 26, 2008

Immigration: A Survey Authors:Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr Abstract This paper surveys recent empirical studies on the economic impacts of immigration. Particular emphasis is given to the experiences of Northern Europe and Scandinavia. The survey first examines... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Oct 2016
  • What Do You Think?

Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?

increased immigration would help reverse current trends. As he put it, “Those folks tend to be younger, with growing families which require furniture, food, clothing. Our ‘native’ population is aging and doesn’t earn or spend as much.”... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 25 Jan 2012
  • Research & Ideas

A Few Firms Have Outsized Influence in D.C.

question to economists," says Harvard Business School Associate Professor William R. Kerr. "It's uncharted territory." Kerr's interest in the topic came from studies he's done on immigration issues—in particular, looking at... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 2008
  • Working Paper

The Ethnic Composition of U.S. Inventors

By: William R. Kerr
The ethnic composition of US scientists and engineers is undergoing a significant transformation. This study applies an ethnic-name database to individual patent records granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office to document these trends with greater... View Details
Keywords: Inventors; Scientists; Engineers; Information Technology; Patents; Ethnicity; Innovation and Invention; Research and Development; Immigration; China; United States; India
Related
  • 19 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

Immigration, Natives' Marriage and Fertility By: Carlana, Michela, and Marco Tabellini Abstract—In this paper, we study the effects of immigration on natives’ marriage, fertility, and family formation across U.S. cities between 1910 and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 09 Jan 2019
  • Research & Ideas

The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit

Professor at HBS. Far from a drag, he argues, being part of Europe was a key competitive advantage for Britain. Its economy benefitted more from EU funding than it contributed, even as a net contributor to the EU budget. Immigration was a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 02 Mar 2017
  • What Do You Think?

Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?

improve their trade ‘interoperability...’" Nevertheless, "the US will stay a country with a young and ambitious population benefiting from the flow of immigrants while China is rapidly growing old due to its one-child policy.”... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 07 Oct 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict the Next President

Harris on immigration The findings reflect the constantly changing state of politics and voter behavior. In a separate piece of new research, Pons considers the array of voter participation barriers that have changed in recent years,... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • 15 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: November 15

associated with entering the political process help explain all three facts. We then exploit a natural experiment in the expiration in legislation surrounding the H-1B visa cap for high-skilled immigrant workers to study how these costs... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018

and engineering, reshaped the economy, and influenced society at large. But America is bogged down in thorny debates on immigration policy, and the world around the United States is rapidly catching up, especially China and India. The... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 18 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 18, 2016

are unrelated to the increased urbanization of the unorganized sector. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51739 October 3, 2016 Harvard Business Review Immigrants Play a Disproportionate Role in American... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Fall 2016
  • Article

Global Talent Flows

By: Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr, Çağlar Özden and Christopher Parsons
The global distribution of talent is highly skewed and the resources available to countries to develop and utilize their best and brightest vary substantially. The migration of skilled workers across countries tilts the deck even further. Using newly available data, we... View Details
Keywords: Geographic Location; Human Capital; Entrepreneurship; Global Range; Competency and Skills; Immigration
Related
  • May 2024
  • Article

Refugees Are Hosted in Highly Vulnerable Communities

By: C. Austin Davis, Paula Lopez-Peña, A. Mushfiq Mobarak and Jaya Y. Wen
Low- and middle-income nations host 76 percent of the world's refugees. This study uses original data to explore within-country spatial variability in refugee-hosting responsibilities. We find that hosting responsibilities for the displaced Rohingya people in... View Details
Keywords: Refugees; Political Elections; Equality and Inequality; Immigration; Developing Countries and Economies; Income
Related
  • 14 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 14

http://hbr.org/2014/01/the-new-patterns-of-innovation/ar/1 January 2014 Journal of Labor Economics Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of U.S. Firms By: Pekkala Kerr, Sari, William R. Kerr, and William F. Lincoln Abstract—We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Dec 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

forthcoming Economic Journal (Royal Economic Society) Increasing the Electoral Participation of Immigrants: Experimental Evidence from France By: Pons, Vincent, and Guillaume Liegey Abstract—Improving the political participation of View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Are you looking for?

→Search All HBS Web