employment - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Feb 2017
Working Paper Summaries

Patent Trolls and Small-Business Employment

Keywords: by Ian Appel, Joan Farre-Mensa, and Elena Simintzi

03 Jul 2008
News

Rethinking the role of employers

22 Apr 2022
News

Why Many Employers Have Ditched Four-Year Degree Requirements

18 Oct 2018
News

What Employers Want: How to Bridge the Gap Between Employer Expectations and Employee Qualifications

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Employer Reimbursement Options | HBS Online

How to Talk to Your Employer About Getting Reimbursed for a Course Are you a working professional interested in enrolling in a Harvard Business School Online course? Many employers support their staff in... View Details

27 Nov 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of US Firms

Keywords: by Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr & William F. Lincoln

January 2021
Article

State and Local Government Employment in the COVID-19 Crisis

By: Daniel Green and Erik Loualiche

Local governments are facing large losses in revenues and increased expenditures because of the COVID-19 crisis. We document a causal relationship between fiscal pressures induced by COVID-19 and the layoffs of state and local government workers. States that depend... View Details

Keywords: Local Government; Municipal Finance; Public Finance; Fiscal Capacity; Fiscal Policy; Governance; Local Range; Health Pandemics; Employment; Finance; Policy; Public Sector

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February 2009
Teaching Note

Pitney Bowes: Employer Health Strategy (TN)

By: Michael E. Porter and Jennifer F Baron

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Keywords: Health; Employees; Cost; Policy; Situation or Environment; Innovation and Invention; Contracts; Programs; Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Service Industry; United States

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September 1994
Supplement

Vancom Transportation and Employment Plus (B)

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27 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Recruiting International Students is Easy and Beneficial for Employers

international experience that these candidates bring not only to HBS but to the U.S. workforce in general, many employers choose to restrict their recruiting to U.S. citizens only. In doing so, they lose out on highly skilled and... View Details

06 Mar 2019
News

Caregiving crisis? Employers slow to catch up to ‘sandwich generation.’

May 2021
Supplement

Valuing Employment Teaching Plan Spreadsheet Supplement

By: George Serafeim, Ethan Rouen and Katie Panella

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September 1994
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Vancom Transportation and Employment Plus (A)

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06 Dec 2019
News

Understanding the skills gap—and what employers can do about it

28 Aug 2020
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Subsidising stability: State employment in China

August 2023
Article

Formal Employment and Organized Crime: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Colombia

By: Gaurav Khanna, Carlos Medina, Anant Nyshadham, Jorge Tamayo and Nicolas Torres

Safety net programs, common in settings with high informality like Latin America, often use a means test to establish eligibility. We ask: in settings in which organised crime provides lucrative opportunities in the informal market, will discouraging formal employment... View Details

Keywords: Gangs; Informality; Crime and Corruption; Job Search; Recruitment; Colombia