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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

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October 1997
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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

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23 Feb 2021
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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

1999
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Unemployment Shocks and Endogenous Labor Market Institutions

By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch

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02 Apr 2020
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What Will U.S. Labor Protections Look Like After Coronavirus?

Keywords: Megan Tobias Neely

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

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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January 1995
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Internal Labor Markets: Too Many Theories, Too Few Facts

By: George P. Baker and Bengt Holmstrom

Keywords: Labor; Markets; Theory

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11 Aug 2023
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How CEOs Can Navigate the Emotional Labor of Leadership

16 Sep 2016
HBS Seminar

Jian Wang, Leuven and Harvard Labor and Worklife Program

autumn 1981
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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

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July 1999
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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

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September 2022 (Revised November 2022)
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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