Equality and Inequality - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Dec 2016
Book

Simple Ways to Take Gender Bias Out of Your Job Ads

12 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis

publicly funded treatment and support; poor data infrastructure; and inequalities related to social determinants of health,” Anderson says. “It has made mental health a concern... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Health

03 Dec 2008
What Do You Think?

Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?

smaller." John Homan suggested, "... that the Federal Government give a 10 percent tax credit to the purchaser of a house and the purchaser pay it back ... over 20 years in equal installments with... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Katie Laidlaw

hope to one day be the leader of a large, nonprofit funding agency that addresses social inequity and supports social enterprise. Upon graduation, my career vision still holds true. At HBS, I gained tactical... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

12 Oct 2022
Video

Laura N Montoya: The Global Cultural Lens of AI

01 Jun 1997
News

Of Myth and Merlin: T.A. (Tom) Barron's Literary Odyssey

manages to combine sophisticated concepts of physics with high fantasy in a marvelous way." Heartlight was followed by the equally acclaimed The Ancient One and The Merlin Effect, contemporary mythic tales... View Details

Keywords: Thomas Frick

16 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018

with a company and its products. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53707 January–February 2018 Harvard Business Review Inclusive Growth: Profitable Strategies for Tackling Poverty View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Oct 2013
News

Why business schools need business ethics

08 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation

can earn in an hour of work. Therefore, if height is taxed, you are taxing ability directly, so you can cut the economic pie more equally without it shrinking." Both topping six feet, Weinzierl and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

investor, being instead critically driven by status as a founder; (b) that the underprovision of carried interest and ownership—and inequality in fund economics more generally—leads to the departures of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2007
News

How to Take a Stand On UBS and Climate Change

What is the responsibility of business regarding social issues? And how does that jibe with maximizing profits? In “UBS and Climate Change — Warming Up to Global Action?” Associate Professor Felix... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

12 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

for work, entertainment, and shopping. As hubs proliferate and expand their reach, the danger is that they will exacerbate economic inequality View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

05 Dec 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

that addresses part of that challenge—with a particular focus on predicting customer churn. However, several other equally important aspects of managing retention have not received similar level of attention, leaving many managerial... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Aug 2018
What Do You Think?

Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?

especially the less educated, by free global trade leads directly to the inequality that fuels social unrest and its associated costs. These effects are often underestimated. For example, he points to flaws... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

September 2024
Article

Gender Gaps: Back and Here to Stay? Evidence from Skilled Ugandan Workers During COVID-19

By: Livia Alfonsi, Mary Namubiru and Sara Spaziani

We investigate gender disparities in the effect of COVID-19 on the labor market outcomes of skilled Ugandan workers. Leveraging a high-frequency panel dataset, we find that the lockdowns imposed in Uganda reduced employment by 69% for women and by 45% for men,... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Wage Gap; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Employment; Wages; Uganda

13 Dec 2022
News

The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith

football were also highlights. Breakfast in Spangler on Saturday morning with a friend was also a good way to end the week." Can you finish this statement? "My HBS experience was..." Reggie: "One of the most positive, life-changing experiences of my life." Christine:... View Details

01 Dec 1997
News

Growing Together

it had adequate financial aresources to attain its diversity goals." * Are we practicing intergenerational equity? According to Herzlinger, a nonprofit should check if present and future generations will be able to benefit View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

11 Sep 2024
Podcast

Help Wanted: Workforce boards face greater demands and more strings

With legislative changes looming, federally funded boards must juggle the demands of workforce training, economic development, and long-term systemic goals while ensuring accountability to both local communities and federal oversight. Brad Turner-Little, President and... View Details

20 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways

filed for bankruptcy protection in November 2011. For the smaller US Airways, it was a chance to bulk up to compete on an equal footing with the big domestic carriers on the tarmac, United and Delta. In... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rosabeth M. Kanter & Stuart C. Gilson; Air Transportation

Article

When Seeking Help, Women and Racial/Ethnic Minorities Benefit from Explicitly Stating Their Identity

By: Erika L. Kirgios, Aneesh Rai, Edward H. Chang and Katherine L. Milkman

Receiving help can make or break a career, but women and racial/ethnic minorities do not always receive the support they seek. Across two audit experiments—one with politicians and another with students—as well as an online experiment (total n = 5,145), we test whether... View Details

Keywords: Support; Marginalized Communities; Personal Development and Career; Equality and Inequality; Identity; Race; Gender; Communication Intention and Meaning

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