Inequality - Publications - Faculty & Research

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'Optimal Incentive Contracts under Inequity Aversion' (with Achim Wambach) ), 2005

We analyze the Moral Hazard problem, assuming that the agent is inequity averse. Our results differ from conventional contract theory and are more in line with empirical findings than these standard results. Our key findings are: Inequity aversion alters the structure... View Details

16 Sep 2014
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Harvard Study Warns Business Community Of Economic Inequality Risks

19 Oct 2010
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The curious politics of income inequality

11 Jan 2012
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Business the solution to social inequities

September 2019 (Revised December 2022)
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African American Inequality in the United States

By: Janice H. Hammond, A. Kamau Massey and Mayra G. Garza

This note describes how historical and on-going policies and practices that discriminate against African Americans led to present-day inequality. Topics include slavery, segregation, Jim Crow laws, “black codes,” and policies and practices relating to criminal justice,... View Details

Keywords: African Americans; Justice; Slavery; Discrimination; Race; Equality and Inequality; Prejudice and Bias; Policy; History; United States

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20 Apr 2017
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Earth 2.0: Is Income Inequality Inevitable?

09 Sep 2015
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Even Harvard B-school alums are fretting over income inequality

December 2019 (Revised May 2020)
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Income Inequality and the CEO Pay Ratio at TJX Cos

By: Ethan Rouen and Akari Furukawa

TJX Companies reported a CEO pay ratio of 1,596-to-1 in 2019, leaving board chair Carol Meyrowitz with a host of questions about whether, and how, she could take action to address concerns raised by having one of the highest pay ratios in the S&P 500. As a retail... View Details

Keywords: CEO Pay Ratio; Income; Equality and Inequality; Executive Compensation; Corporate Disclosure; Business and Stakeholder Relations

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14 Sep 2020
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Digital Labor Market Inequality and the Decline of IT Exceptionalism

Keywords: by Ruiqing Cao and Shane Greenstein; Information Technology

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Racial Inequality in Organizations: A Systems Psychodynamic Perspective

By: Sanaz Mobasseri, William A. Kahn and Robin J. Ely

This paper uses systems psychodynamic concepts to develop theory about the persistence of racial inequality in U.S. organizations and to inform an approach for disrupting it. We treat White men as the dominant group and Black people as the archetypal subordinate group... View Details

Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Race; Prejudice and Bias; Organizational Culture; Gender; Power and Influence; Employees; Attitudes

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04 Nov 2015
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M.B.A.s Get Lessons in Income Inequality

19 Aug 2013
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Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior

03 Jan 2023
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Confront Workplace Inequity in 2023: Dig Deep, Build Bridges, Take Collective Action

19 Dec 2012
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The Unequal State of America: Does income inequality matter? And how?

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Untapped Potential in the Study of Negotiation and Gender Inequality in Organizations

By: Hannah Riley Bowles and Kathleen L. McGinn

Negotiation is a process that creates, reinforces, and reduces gender inequality in organizations, yet the study of gender in negotiation has little connection to the study of gender in organizations. We review the literature on gender in job negotiations from... View Details

Keywords: Gender; Body of Literature; Negotiation Process; Organizational Culture; Research; Behavior; Equality and Inequality

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17 Oct 2014
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A passion for alleviating poverty and inequality

Patricio (“Pato”) Bichara (MBA 2015) is passionate about the need to alleviate poverty and inequality in his native Mexico and the role he expects to play in this challenge. (Published October 2014) View Details