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their mission to Christianize the savages of North America, and played a key role in white conquest. Later, the slave economy and higher education grew up together, each nurturing the other. Slavery funded colleges, built campuses, and paid the View Details
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
exports instead of adding to global trade (Atkinson, 2009). There is some evidence of this tension emerging in recent years, for example in Europe as German wage restraint improved its relative cost position on export markets. In... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
- 18 May 2011
- News
U.S. Manufacturing Comeback?
Don’t give up on American manufacturing yet. There are signs of new life that give rise to optimism about a U.S. manufacturing renaissance. A new analysis by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) estimates that within the next five years the View Details
- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
financial resources available. In spite of improving conditions, a wage gap has persisted for more than thirty years. Professional women currently earn approximately 73 percent of what their male... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- What Do You Think?
How Can We Get Companies to Invest More in Low-Wage Workers?
Inequality in society has been studied from almost every angle. Among others, French economist Thomas Piketty has provided ample evidence of trends in inequality, their causes, and their consequences. We’re reminded constantly of the growing compensation View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers
324,761 survey responses from 1983 to 2011. In France, students who complete graduate engineering programs often pursue careers in lucrative fields including chemistry, oil, consulting, and, yes, finance. Thus, the researchers were able to compare how various... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
the same time, housing of all kinds - for buyers and renters - has become more expensive precisely because of the country's prosperity. With the wages and purchasing power of working people largely stagnant over the last two decades, the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 22 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China
Technology transfer may alter the wage premiums assigned to certain skill sets, for example, increasing the wage gaps between skilled and unskilled workers, but the View Details
- 07 Jan 2015
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?
problems in today's workplace. She commented that, "Salary transparency within peer groups is the most expeditious way to bring an end to the gender wage gap that exists in every country in the world... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Apr 2017
- What Do You Think?
How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?
and skills that the American economy needs.” (Higgins) “ provided it is spent on the areas where there is the greatest performance gap ” (Lewisman). Samuel Reich added that, “ it should (be) limited (to) schools where standard tests... View Details
- 16 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence
Women make up more than half of the labor force in the United States and earn almost 60 percent of advanced degrees, yet they bring home less pay and fill fewer seats in the C-suite than men, particularly in male-dominated professions like finance and technology. This... View Details
- 11 May 2020
- Op-Ed
Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness
Structural changes, such as adopting wage ranking for awarding H-1B visas in place of today’s lottery system, did not achieve much support among our alumni. The gap between alumni believing the existing... View Details
Keywords: by William R. Kerr
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Leading Change
earned approximately $1.5 billion in revenue in 2015 from serving top brands, including Hugo Boss, Nautica, and Ralph Lauren. Yang is a catalyst for change in a traditional industry. As wages rise in China, many textile companies are... View Details
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
immigrants might increase labor market competition for native-born workers, lowering their wages and their employment prospects. Cultural. Immigration is associated with the influx of people with different traditions, races, religions,... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- 12 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 12
link: http://francescagino.com/#/judgment_research Working Papers When 3+1>4: Gift Structure and Reciprocity in the Field By: Gilchrist, Duncan, Michael Luca, and Deepak Malhotra Abstract—Do higher wages elicit reciprocity and hence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business
expensive precisely because of the country's prosperity. With the wages and purchasing power of working people largely stagnant over the last two decades, the cost of adequate housing in a decent neighborhood has soared beyond the reach... View Details
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
policies that maintain a low level of average inflation. Purchase the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13754 Minimally Altruistic Wages and Unemployment in a Matching Model Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Abstract This paper... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Oct 2016
- What Do You Think?
Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?
productivity requires a large middle class that can afford to consume what is being produced. Solve the economic inequality problem, and we will solve the slow growth problem as well as a lot of other societal problems.” Gamaliel Pascual contrasted the positive impact... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
of mercantilist system was, with a short time lag, a winner for all Japanese citizens, who were all able to raise their living standards; the income gap between the upper and lower quintiles was actually reduced to only 3.4 percent, the... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders
Women don't have a problem developing an effective leadership style. What they do struggle with more than men, however, is claiming the authority to lead, according to Hannah Riley Bowles and Kathleen L. McGinn. The gender gap in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace