Publications

30 Jun 2021
Podcast

Infrastructure: Upgrading the US labor statistics system

Former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erica Groshen on how better data gathering can improve careers and the economy and why it’s important to keep politics out of federal statistical research. Also: skills, worker voice, gig, inequality, the social safety... View Details

June 1984 (Revised August 1995)
Teaching Note

Labor Movement Between the Wars, Teaching Note

By: Richard S. Tedlow

Keywords: Labor Unions

February 2023
Teaching Note

Amazon and the Future of Organized Labor

By: Reshmaan Hussam, Trevor Fetter and Grace Liu

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 723-030. View Details

2018
Chapter

Digital Labor Markets and Global Talent Flows

By: John Horton, William R. Kerr and Christopher Stanton

May 2005
Article

Labor Law: The New Tools of Trade

Keywords: Labor; Law

November 2020
Article

Tackling Youth Unemployment: Evidence from a Labor Market Experiment in Uganda

By: Livia Alfonsi, Oriana Bandiera, Vittorio Bassi, Robin Burgess, Imran Rasul, Munshi Sulaiman and Anna Vitali

We design a labor market experiment to compare demand- and supply-side policies to tackle youth unemployment, a key issue in low-income countries. The experiment tracks 1700 workers and 1500 firms over four years to compare the effect of offering workers either... View Details

Keywords: Employment; Training; Competency and Skills; Developing Countries and Economies

July 2005
Article

The Consequences of Labor Market Flexibility: Panel Evidence Based on Survey Data

By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch

We introduce a new data set on hiring and firing restrictions for 21 OECD countries for the period 1984 –1990. The data are based on surveys of business people in the countries covered, so the indices we use are subjective in nature. Controlling for country and time... View Details

Keywords: Job Security Provisions; Subjective Data; Unemployment; Employment; Labor; Markets; Data and Data Sets

May 1984 (Revised August 1995)
Teaching Note

Organized Labor and the Worker, Teaching Note

By: Richard S. Tedlow

Teaching Note for (9-391-256). View Details

Keywords: Labor Unions

winter 1994
Article

Case Management and the Integration of Labor

By: T. Davenport and N. Nohria

Keywords: Management; Labor; Integration

January 2021
Case

Toyota and Its Labor Union in Argentina (A)

By: Jorge Tamayo, Erik Snowberg and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago

In 2011, Daniel Herrero, CEO of Toyota Argentina (TASA) since 2010, was about to meet with the Secretary-General of the union representing automotive industry workers in the country. The company produced vehicles in Argentina since 1997 at their plant at Zárate, and,... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Performance; Bargaining; Production; Performance; Labor Unions; Labor and Management Relations; Fairness; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Auto Industry; Argentina

Educators

October 1997
Article

Vacancy Chains and Equilibration in Senior-Level Labor Markets

By: Y. Blum, A. E. Roth and U. G. Rothblum

Keywords: Labor; Markets; Balance and Stability

23 Feb 2021
News

Dan Koh Named Labor Department’s Chief of Staff

Photo via LinkedIn Photo via LinkedIn Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, who has been nominated by President Biden to serve as secretary of labor, has tapped Dan Koh (MBA 2011) to serve as his chief of staff, according to the Boston Globe. Assuming Walsh is approved by the... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

24 Sep 2021
News

A Labor Movement for the Platform Economy

Keywords: Gig economy; gig workers

January 2021 (Revised March 2021)
Supplement

Toyota and Its Labor Union in Argentina (B)

By: Jorge Tamayo, Erik Snowberg and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago

Toyota Argentina (TASA) and the union representing automotive industry workers in the country had been working together since 2011 to address the challenges faced by Toyota’s manufacturing plant in Zárate (Argentina). The strategy for moving forward was built on an... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Performance; Production; Performance Improvement; Strategy; Labor Unions; Labor and Management Relations; Agreements and Arrangements; Strategic Planning; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Auto Industry; Argentina

13 Nov 2008
Working Paper Summaries

The Effect of Labor on Profitability: The Role of Quality

Keywords: by Zeynep Ton

August 2017
Article

Relationship Between Labor and Delivery Unit Management Practices and Maternal Outcomes

By: Avery C. Plough, Grace Galwin, Zhonghe Li, Stuart R. Lipsitz, Shehnaz Alidina, Natalie J. Henrich, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, William R. Berry, Atul A. Gawande, Doris Peter, Rory McDonald, Donna L. Caldwell, Janet H. Muri, Debra Bingham, Aaron B. Caughey, Eugene R. Declercq and Neel T. Shah

OBJECTIVE: To define, measure, and characterize key competencies of managing labor and delivery units in the United States and assess the associations between unit management and maternal outcomes. METHODS: We developed and administered a management measurement... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Evaluation; Outcome or Result; United States