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  • 08 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 8

complex. Publisher's link: http://sloanreview.mit.edu/x/55314 August 2013 Journal of Monetary Economics Income Inequality and Social Preferences for Redistribution and Compensation Differentials By: Kerr,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Oct 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time

needed in the application process, but sometimes also in pushing for consideration and approval. A loan officer’s role may be especially critical for applicants who may not tick all the conventional boxes, like having a robust credit score, proof of assets, and... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services
  • 2022
  • Working Paper

Credit and the Family: The Economic Consequences of Closing the Credit Gap of U.S. Couples

By: Olivia S. Kim
Marital property rights strengthen secondary earners’ economic power by giving them access to credit markets. I study how this crucial yet understudied feature of property laws influences household decision-making. The 2013 reversal of the Truth-in-Lending Act... View Details
Keywords: Household; Credit; Equality and Inequality; Income; Policy; Family and Family Relationships
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  • 26 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 26, 2008

balance between capitalism and democracy, the book includes chapters on the theory and history of these systems that challenge the assumption that their spread will bring about a convergence of incomes either among countries or within... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • February 9, 2016
  • Article

How a 10-Year-Old Boy Gave 13,000 Young Adults the Chance to Get Ahead

By: Gerald Chertavian
Keywords: Opportunities; Nonprofit Organizations; Poverty; Equality and Inequality; Competency and Skills; Income
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  • 17 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 17

world's two fastest growing economies over the past two decades, their income inequality patterns are very different. In this paper, we take a deep look at political institutions in the two countries,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10

management practices such as performance-based promotion. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-052.pdf Income Inequality and Social Preferences for Redistribution and Compensation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Dec 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018

written by Harvard Business School faculty—along with links to the full text of those papers. Here are the five most downloaded working papers of 2018: Corporate Tax Cuts Increase Income Inequality While... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?

prosperity that has been generated by the functioning of market capitalism. Across the board, however, the primary concern was that the way the system currently functioned was associated with a great disparity of wealth and income in many... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • May 2024
  • Article

Refugees Are Hosted in Highly Vulnerable Communities

By: C. Austin Davis, Paula Lopez-Peña, A. Mushfiq Mobarak and Jaya Y. Wen
Low- and middle-income nations host 76 percent of the world's refugees. This study uses original data to explore within-country spatial variability in refugee-hosting responsibilities. We find that hosting responsibilities for the displaced Rohingya people in... View Details
Keywords: Refugees; Political Elections; Equality and Inequality; Immigration; Developing Countries and Economies; Income
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  • 19 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

inequality affects behaviour towards the rich and poor. In Experiment 1, participants who became aware that wealthy individuals donated a smaller percentage of their income switched from rewarding the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 30 Jun 2020
  • Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28

insights on the resolution of disputes in global trade while contributing to our understanding of the evolving role of modeling at international organizations. Nations' Income Inequality Predicts Ambivalence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20

instrumental variables approach exploiting an historical shift in innovation activity during World War II to show that this relationship could be causal. Finally, we document a U-shaped relationship between top income View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 May 2015
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First Look: May 19

  Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 715-023 Governing the 'Chinese Dream': Corruption, Inequality and the Rule of Law Xi Jinping assumed his position as head of China's fifth generation of leaders in 2012. Xi was... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Jul 2022
  • Book

Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?

What if the way we work could be a catalyst for solving huge problems like inequality and climate change? In the new book Democratize Work: The Case for Reorganizing the Economy, Harvard Business School Professor Julie Battilana and a... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 21 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 21

nations, among them Germany, Japan, and Sweden. This note provides background on aspects of economic inequality. It begins by describing both income inequality and wealth inequality, providing an explanation... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Aug 2016
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August 16, 2016

frictions play a first-order role in determining market prices. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49425 Popular Acceptance of Inequality Due to Brute Luck and Support for Classical Benefit-Based... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Apr 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?

effects on productivity, (5) Job design that allows employees to have control over their work is conducive to lower stress levels and better health outcomes (for example, the higher one rises in an organization, the lower the risk of cardiovascular problems), and (6)... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 05 Dec 2005
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Is Growth Good?

violence of all sorts is poverty—not absolute poverty, but inequality between the classes. If growth brings more economic equality into a society, then yes, growth is good." Pruthul Patel writes, "Growth is life. Without growth... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett

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