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- 01 Jun 2021
- What Do You Think?
Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?
the United States, for example, millions of women left the labor force during the first two months of the pandemic. According to a study by McKinsey and Leanin.org, female... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Feb 2016
- Op-Ed
The Real Jobs Tragedy in the US: We've Lost the Skills
States economy maintained a steady pace in job growth of about 2 percent a year. The US labor force participation rate reflected that, growing robustly for the four decades... View Details
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
a district-industry predicts a greater share of subsequent entrepreneurs will be female. Moreover, higher female ownership of local businesses in related industries (e.g., those sharing similar labor needs,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?
shareholders into a more active participative role, CEO compensation along with other governance challenges such as agency issues will continue to plague companies." Julie Dotson-Shaffer put it most succinctly: "Every contract... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
self-made products. Participants saw their amateurish creations—of both utilitarian and hedonic products—as similar in value to the creations of experts and expected others to share their opinions. Our account suggests that View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
What's the Ideal Frequency for a Sales Quota?
More frequent quotas can motivate underperforming sales reps. StockPhoto Personal selling is a key ingredient in making the American economy go. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 10 percent of the View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 23 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2008
ones; and they need to make it safe and sufficiently simple to participate in the market, as opposed to transacting outside of the market, or having to engage in costly and risky strategic behavior. I'll draw on recent examples of market... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
from economics and sociology on intra-household bargaining elucidates how negotiations over the allocation of domestic labor at Level 2 influence labor force View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
and financial outcomes. The study complements financial education with (1) financial incentives on a financial literacy test to affect participant motivation, (2) financial goal setting to provide a psychological nudge, and (3)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases
made up 46.7 percent of the US labor force, and filled more than half of management, professional, and related occupations. If the strategy was to get more women in the workplace and let them naturally ascend to positions of upper... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 02 Dec 2009
- What Do You Think?
Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?
poverty, (3) the Pew Hispanic Center estimated that male illegal immigrants aged 18 to 64 had a very high 92 percent labor force participation rate in 2004, (4) rates of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
Overlapping firm interactions yield agglomeration clusters that are much larger than the underlying agglomerative forces themselves. Empirically, we demonstrate that our model's assumptions are present in the structure of technology and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
Press, 2009 Abstract New gastroenterologists participated in a labor market clearinghouse (a "match") from 1986 through the late 1990s, after which the match was abandoned. This provides an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
adherence to the global labor standards embodied in codes of conduct imposed by multinational buyers. We find that suppliers are more likely to adhere when they are embedded in states that participate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity
example, the media also project solutions: that companies should educate employees about biases and be held legally and reputationally responsible for treating men and women equally. Likewise underrepresentation: When the issue is a lack of View Details
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers
"Although Levitt's article was primarily concerned about the globalization of the product market, this paper expands the domain to three areas—the labor market, the financial market, and the product market—and investigates the... View Details
Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Companies Must Forget—and Borrow
outcome: Female students participate more than usual. "Women are asking more questions and answering more questions online," Anand said. "That's fundamentally different than what's happening (in... View Details
- 16 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018
unionized, it paid well, offered benefits, and was secure. But manufacturing employment has steadily declined, from about 25% of the U.S. labor force in 1970 to less than 10% today. Now a decent living... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t
services, this month announced its participation on Dish Network's Web-based Sling Box service. Not every company is susceptible to decoupling, however. In some cases where it is too costly, labor intensive,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding