Publications

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

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

03 Aug 2017
News

Still a strong polarization in the labor force

October 1999 (Revised September 2000)
Case

Han Young Labor Dispute, The, (C): Spring-Summer 1998

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

September 1980 (Revised January 1985)
Background Note

Some Background Information on the Division of Labor

1999
Working Paper

Unemployment Shocks and Endogenous Labor Market Institutions

By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch

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Financing the African Colonial State: The Revenue Imperative and Forced Labor

Although recent studies on African colonial tax systems have deepened our understanding of early fiscal capacity building efforts in the region, they have largely... View Details

2003
Other Unpublished Work

Sources of Structural Inequality in Managerial Labor Markets

By: Rakesh Khurana and Mikolaj J. Piskorski

Keywords: Management; Equality and Inequality

October 1999 (Revised September 2000)
Case

Han Young Labor Dispute, The, (B): Winter 1997-98

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

2024
Working Paper

A Gender Backlash: Does Exposure to Female Labor Market Participation Fuel Gender Conservatism?

By: Paula Rettl, Diane Bolet, Catherine E. De Vries, Simone Cremaschi, Tarik Abou-Chadi and Sergi Pardos-Prado

The growing participation of women in the labor market has marked a significant societal transformation, coinciding with the rise of gender conservatism and far-right support. We study whether the economic consequences of labor market feminization and gender backlash... View Details

Keywords: Gender Bias; Gender Equality; Gender Inclusivity; Politics; Political Backlash; Political Culture; Conservatism; Gender; Government and Politics; Equality and Inequality; Prejudice and Bias; Labor

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September 2022 (Revised November 2022)
Case

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act: Trade and Genocide in U.S.-China Relations

By: Jeremy Friedman and David Lane

On June 21, 2022, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) went into effect, requiring companies to prove that goods imported from the People’s Republic of China were not made with forced labor. The bill was a reaction to reports of products being made with... View Details

Educators

04 Sep 2015
News

The Dawning of the Age of Flex Labor

02 Apr 2020
News

What Will U.S. Labor Protections Look Like After Coronavirus?

Keywords: Megan Tobias Neely

04 Mar 2015
What Do You Think?

Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality?

Summing Up When Is It In An Employer's Self-Interest to Voluntarily Raise All Wages? A laissez-faire approach to fixing labor market inequality has widespread appeal, judging by responses to this month's column. For some it is an ideal,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

March 2021
Supplement

Toyota and Its Labor Union in Argentina (C)

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). In 2019, after achieving all the goals set forward... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Alignment; Cooperation; Negotiation; Agreements and Arrangements; Labor Unions; Labor and Management Relations; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Goals and Objectives; Auto Industry; Latin America; South America; Argentina

January 1995
Article

Internal Labor Markets: Too Many Theories, Too Few Facts

By: George P. Baker and Bengt Holmstrom

Keywords: Labor; Markets; Theory

autumn 1981
Article

Strike Two: Labor Management Negotiations in Major League Baseball

By: L. M. DeBrock and Alvin E. Roth

Keywords: Labor and Management Relations; Negotiation; Entertainment; Sports Industry

July 1999
Background Note

Comments on Standard Times and the Division of Labor

By: Roy D. Shapiro

A brief note on the origins and uses of standard times in production process flow diagrams and on the benefits and drawbacks of division of labor. A rewritten version of two earlier notes. View Details

Keywords: Labor; Management Practices and Processes; Standards; Production

Educators