Labor Economics - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?

Economics researchers have long studied how local workers respond when an industry such as steel manufacturing is squashed by obsolescence or competition. Is the region able to regenerate with new industries and workers to fill them? Do... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2018
News

Averting Crisis

data, the project also convenes researchers, policymakers, and financial executives to exchange ideas with BFFS faculty. The goal is to empower the project’s research to have broad real-world impact, sharing knowledge that could help prevent another View Details

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Skip to Main Content Exhibition Homepage Exhibition Introduction The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography Documenting the Wartime Effort Labor Practices Post-war PR... View Details

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

George C. Lodge

In 1961, at the invitation of Dean Stanley F. Teele, George Lodge came to Harvard Business School to complete his first book, Spearheads of Democracy: Labor in the Developing Countries. He didn't have a master's or a Ph.D. and never... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Mar 2006
News

Drive-In Nation

competition is so intense.” Detroit, by contrast, has hobbled itself, experts say, in two notable ways: Labor agreements, financially generous but tightly circumscribed regarding worker activity, have hindered innovative uses of the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2011
News

An Economy Undermined

fact, stocks on average did not rise at all in the 1970s. Productivity grew more slowly in the ensuing thirty years than it had for any prolonged period since the 1800s. My class’s first decade out from HBS was marked by economic and... View Details

Keywords: Jeff Madrick; Finance

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Company Records Administrative material, financial records, correspondence, and labor and production records of the Waltham-based textile firm founded in Waltham, Massachusetts in 1813. Alfred D. Chandler Papers Professor Alfred Chandler... View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

Three Promoted to Full Professor

foreign direct investment and the impact of investment on human rights and labor standards. Spar is the author of The Cooperative Edge: The Internal Politics of International Cartels and coauthor of Beyond Globalism: Remaking American... View Details

12 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

http://papers.nber.org/papers/W15551 Labor Regulations and European Private Equity Authors:Ant Bozkaya and William R. Kerr Abstract European nations substitute between employment protection regulations and View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Feb 2022
News

A Focus on Latinx Entrepreneurs

their careers. “For us, the answer was partly ‘let’s build something that’s different than what you see out there, and let’s build a firm that can succeed.’ So, that’s what we’ve done with Avance,” says Perez, the firm’s managing partner. FINANCE AND THE View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

04 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 4

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-004.pdf What Should GAAP Look Like? A Survey and Economic Analysis (revised) Authors:S.P. Kothari, Karthik Ramanna, and Douglas J. Skinner Abstract Based on extant literature, we articulate a positive... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54405 forthcoming Latin American Economic Review Some Elements of Peronist Beliefs and Tastes By: Di Tella, Rafael, and Juan Dubra Abstract—We study the beliefs and values... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 1999
News

Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town

Leeuwenhof, the majestic estate of Western Cape Premier Gerald Morkel. With the splendor of Table Mountain above and the beauty of Table Bay below, Morkel welcomed his guests to Cape Town, which he described as "a region of great economic... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

20 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster

typically build up around a geographic location where natural resources, an appropriately educated labor force, and a university or other research institution co-mingle. In recent years, some economists have argued that manufacturing... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Manufacturing; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion

13 Sep 2006
Op-Ed

Rising CEO Pay: What Directors Should Do

long-term trend has been for CEO pay to rise along with the pay for other senior executives, and it is now twice as much as that of CEOs in major European countries, according to Towers Perrin, a global consultancy. A recent study published by the National Bureau of... View Details

Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

and the International Economy Unit. Elisabeth Kempf: Political views shape economic outlook Political views influence the perception of economic reality among finance professionals. In a study linking credit... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

Fast Answer

Music & Activism: Market Research Resources

scores and labor data like unemployment, crime statistics and city crime rates. US Census Data provides to data about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas. The data come from many censuses and surveys including... View Details

01 Feb 2001
News

Books

economics are different, and all the wheels must turn a lot faster, but the problems of leadership, organization, and change are similar to those we have experienced for decades. So even as this book breaks new ground in examining a set... View Details

Keywords: books; research; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

03 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 3

the economic consequences of clusters. We identify and discuss policies that are being pursued in the United States to encourage local entrepreneurship and innovation. While arguments exist for and against policy support of... View Details