employment - Publications - Faculty & Research

2010
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The Impact of Employer Matching on Savings Plan Participation under Automatic Enrollment

By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian

Existing research has documented the large impact that automatic enrollment has on savings plan participation. All the companies examined in these studies, however, have combined automatic enrollment with an employer match. This raises a question about how effective... View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Consumer Behavior; Personal Finance; Investment Funds; Microeconomics; Compensation and Benefits

2024
Working Paper

Immigrant Entrepreneurship: New Estimates and a Research Agenda

By: Saheel Chodavadia, Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and Louis Maiden

Immigrants contribute disproportionately to entrepreneurship in many countries, accounting for a quarter of new employer businesses in the US. We review recent research on the measurement of immigrant entrepreneurship, the traits of immigrant founders, their economic... View Details

Keywords: Immigrant Employment; Immigration; Entrepreneurship; Demographics; Innovation and Invention

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January 1989
Case

IBM Corp.: The Full Employment Practice (A)

By: D. Quinn Mills

Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Human Resources; Management; Computer Industry

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13 May 2022
News

More Employers Should Cover Abortion Travel Costs

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Working at Harvard Business School | Employment

Working at Harvard Business School Harvard Business School comprises a wide range of administrative departments and Initiatives. Explore an overview of each department and its role within the School. Department Descriptions Founded in 1908, Harvard Business School is... View Details

06 Oct 2021
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Robots Are Hiding 27 Million Workers from Employers Who Need Them

22 Sep 2021
News

Workers Say Employers Have Been Guilty of Ghosting Them for Years

23 Sep 2021
News

AI Use in Hiring Means Women with Employment Gaps Get Overlooked

January 31, 2022
Other Article

Does Industry Employment of Active Regulators Weaken Oversight?

By: Jonas Heese

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06 Sep 2018
Podcast

Ep 12: Why employers should care about care

As demographics change, caregiving responsibilities have become an increasingly integral part of employees' lives. Joe speaks with Care.com CEO Sheila Marcelo about how her experience of being “sandwiched” by care responsibilities led her to found her company.... View Details

16 Feb 2024
News

Employers Still Aren’t Hiring People without College Degrees

01 Sep 2022
News

Why Some Employers Won’t Give In to Flexibility

27 Jan 2019
News

How Employers Can Help Caregivers For A Win-Win

14 Aug 2018
News

Employers Open To Ditching Degree Requirements When Hiring

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Employers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Employers Suppliers Policymakers Employers Employers Employers have the motivation and the clout to drive value improvement in the health care... View Details

16 Jul 2008
Op-Ed

What Should Employers Do about Health Care?

In the United States, employers have often treated health benefits as a necessary evil. They have focused on the rising cost of providing health insurance benefits and taken aggressive steps to bring costs down, or at least to slow the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Elizabeth O. Teisberg & Scott Wallace; Health

12 Oct 2007
Other Presentation

Value-Based Competition in Health Care: Implications for Employers

By: Michael E. Porter

This presentation draws on Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg: Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press, May 2006, “How Physicians Can Change the Future of Health Care ” Journal of the American... View Details

Keywords: Health; United States

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