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  • January 2023
  • Article

Inequality Regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa from Precolonial Times to the Present

By: Ewout Frankema, Michiel de Haas and Marlous van Waijenburg
While current levels of economic inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa receive ample attention from academics and policymakers, we know little about the long-run evolution of inequality in the region. Even the new and influential ‘global inequality literature’ that is... View Details
Keywords: Economic Inequalty; Equality and Inequality; History; Africa
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Frankema, Ewout, Michiel de Haas, and Marlous van Waijenburg. "Inequality Regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa from Precolonial Times to the Present." African Affairs 122, no. 486 (January 2023): 57–94.
  • 04 Dec 2018
  • News

Larry Summers: urban-rural inequality and the importance of work

  • 04 Dec 2018
  • Podcast

Larry Summers: Urban-rural inequality and the importance of work

Examining the realities of rural America, Larry Summers concludes that the problem is not just one of providing people with incomes—it’s about the very basic human connection between work and satisfaction. Speaking with Bill, Summers advocates “employer subsidies” to... View Details

    Inequality regimes in Africa from pre-colonial times to the present

    While current levels of economic inequality in Africa receive ample attention from academics and policymakers, we know little about the long-run evolution of inequality in the region. Even the new and influential ‘global inequality literature’ that is associated... View Details

      Task Segregation as a Mechanism for Within-job Inequality

      In this article, we examine a case of task segregation—when a group of workers is disproportionately allocated, relative to other groups, to spend more time on specific tasks in a given job—and argue that such segregation is a potential mechanism for generating... View Details
      • 12 May 2014
      • News

      Noam Wasserman | Not all founders are equal

      • 18 Oct 2007 - 19 Oct 2007
      • Keynote Speech

      Future Work on Diversity and Equal Opportunities: Experiences from the U.S.

      By: R. Ely
      Keywords: Diversity; Opportunities; United States
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      Ely, R. "Future Work on Diversity and Equal Opportunities: Experiences from the U.S." Conference on Diversity and Equal Opportunities, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 18–19, 2007. (Keynote Address.)
      • 18 Feb 2015
      • News

      Steve Grossman, Michael Porter team up on income inequality

      • November 2020 (Revised February 2022)
      • Case

      CommonSpirit Health: Integrating a Merger of Equals

      By: Robert S. Huckman, Hise Gibson and Nicole Gilmore
      Soon after closing the 2019 merger of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health to create CommonSpirit Health, Lloyd Dean and Kevin Lofton-–jointly appointed to the role of CEO—must make several operational and strategic decisions related to the integration... View Details
      Keywords: Health Care Delivery; Hospital; Merger; Merger Integration; Hospital Mergers; Health Information Technology; CEOs; Health Care and Treatment; Mergers and Acquisitions; Integration; Leadership; Customer Value and Value Chain; Decision Choices and Conditions; Governance; Information Technology; Health Industry; United States
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      Huckman, Robert S., Hise Gibson, and Nicole Gilmore. "CommonSpirit Health: Integrating a Merger of Equals." Harvard Business School Case 621-034, November 2020. (Revised February 2022.)
      • 09 May 2000
      • Research & Ideas

      Stock Options Are Not All Created Equal

      Most of the companies I've studied don't pay a whole lot of attention to the way they grant options. Their directors and executives assume that the important thing is just to have a plan in place; the details are trivial. As a result,... View Details
      Keywords: by Brian Hall
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      Distance and Political Boundaries: Estimating Border Effects under Inequality Constraints

      By: Fernando Borraz, Alberto Cavallo, Roberto Rigobon and Leandro Zipitria
      The border effects literature finds that political boundaries have a large impact on relative prices across locations. In this paper we show that the standard empirical specification suffers from selection bias, and propose a new methodology based on binned-quantile... View Details
      Keywords: Border Effects; Prices
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      Borraz, Fernando, Alberto Cavallo, Roberto Rigobon, and Leandro Zipitria. "Distance and Political Boundaries: Estimating Border Effects under Inequality Constraints." International Journal of Finance & Economics 21, no. 1 (January 2016): 3–35.
      • September 2019 (Revised December 2022)
      • Background Note

      African American Inequality in the United States

      By: Janice H. Hammond, A. Kamau Massey and Mayra G. Garza
      This note describes how historical and on-going policies and practices that discriminate against African Americans led to present-day inequality. Topics include slavery, segregation, Jim Crow laws, “black codes,” and policies and practices relating to criminal justice,... View Details
      Keywords: African Americans; Justice; Slavery; Discrimination; Race; Equality and Inequality; Prejudice and Bias; Policy; History; United States
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      Hammond, Janice H., A. Kamau Massey, and Mayra G. Garza. "African American Inequality in the United States." Harvard Business School Background Note 620-046, September 2019. (Revised December 2022.)
      • 18 Oct 2016
      • News

      How unequal should America be? Take this inequality quiz.

      • 16 Sep 2014
      • News

      Harvard Study Warns Business Community Of Economic Inequality Risks

      • 24 Sep 2016
      • News

      Popular acceptance of inequality due to brute luck and support for classical benefit-based taxation

      • 19 Aug 2013
      • Research & Ideas

      Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior

      public outrage and protests, as well as a fair amount of handwringing on the part of politicians. What's less clear is how this rising level of inequality has affected the nation. Researchers have tried to... View Details
      Keywords: by Michael Blanding
      • 03 Jan 2023
      • Book

      Confront Workplace Inequity in 2023: Dig Deep, Build Bridges, Take Collective Action

      aimed specifically at dismantling inequities in the workplace. “Research has shown time and time again that some of the stereotypical feminine attributes, such as empathy, trust, connection—those are the... View Details
      Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
      • December 16, 2012
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      Not all Money Market Funds Are Equal

      By: Robert C. Pozen and Theresa Hamacher
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      Pozen, Robert C., and Theresa Hamacher. "Not all Money Market Funds Are Equal." FT.com (December 16, 2012).
      • 07 Jun 2024
      • Video

      Latin American Businesses Acting on Advancing Economic Equality

      • October 2024
      • Article

      Racial Inequality in Organizations: A Systems Psychodynamic Perspective

      By: Sanaz Mobasseri, William A. Kahn and Robin J. Ely
      This paper uses systems psychodynamic concepts to develop theory about the persistence of racial inequality in U.S. organizations and to inform an approach for disrupting it. We treat White men as the dominant group and Black people as the archetypal subordinate group... View Details
      Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Race; Prejudice and Bias; Organizational Culture; Gender; Power and Influence; Employees; Attitudes
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      Mobasseri, Sanaz, William A. Kahn, and Robin J. Ely. "Racial Inequality in Organizations: A Systems Psychodynamic Perspective." Academy of Management Review 49, no. 4 (October 2024): 718–745.
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