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  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Poverty and Crime: Evidence from Rainfall and Trade Shocks in India

By: Lakshmi Iyer and Petia Topalova
Does poverty lead to crime? We shed light on this question using two independent and exogenous shocks to household income in rural India: the dramatic reduction in import tariffs in the early 1990s and rainfall variations. We find that trade shocks, previously shown to... View Details
Keywords: Rainfall; Weather; Crime; Trade Liberalization; India; Crime and Corruption; Poverty; India
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  • 1992
  • Chapter

The Chinese War Economy: Mobilization, Control, and Planning in Nationalist China

By: William C. Kirby
Keywords: War; Policy; Government and Politics; Planning; China
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  • June 2025
  • Article

Social Security and Trends in Wealth Inequality

By: Sylvain Catherine, Max Miller and Natasha Sarin
Recent influential work finds large increases in inequality in the U.S. based on measures of wealth concentration that notably exclude the value of social insurance programs. This paper shows that top wealth shares have not changed much over the last three decades when... View Details
Keywords: Wealth; Equality and Inequality; Taxation; Insurance; Welfare
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  • July 2022 (Revised October 2022)
  • Case

Nestlé, Shared Value and KitKat Diplomacy

By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Sabine Pitteloud
The case revolves around the decision on March 23, 2022 by Mark Schneider, the chief executive of Swiss-based Nestlé, to withdraw the emblematic Kit Kat chocolate bar from sales in Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine in the previous month, although not its... View Details
Keywords: Shared Value; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Globalized Economies and Regions; Ethics; War; Social Issues
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  • Fast Answer

Biotech, Medical devices, and Pharmaceuticals: regulatory information

Device Regulatory Process Charts and Approval Timelines  Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceutical Patent Law European Medicines Agency FDA: Drugs portal  International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering - articles, guides,... View Details
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Private capital, public good

only pays for results, and investors benefit only if society benefits. Successful SIB partnerships yield multiple winners: government gains accountability for taxpayer funds; high-performing nonprofits reap growth capital; investors... View Details
  • 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 10 Nov 2015
  • Webinars: Trending@HBS

Prospects for Shared Prosperity: Findings from the 2015 Alumni Survey on U.S. Competitiveness

Americas leading companies are thriving, but the prosperity they are producing is not being shared broadly among U.S. citizens. Professor Jan Rivkin will present the results of HBSs effort to gauge alumni opinions. View Details
  • 01 Mar 2017
  • News

Promoting a Deeper Understanding

experience if graduates were going to meet the leadership needs of society in the next generation and those to follow,” says Bullard. “We wanted to be sure that, going forward, Dean Nitin Nohria had the ability to put resources where they... View Details
  • September 2022
  • Article

The Impact of Financial Assistance Programs on Health Care Utilization: Evidence from Kaiser Permanente

By: Alyce S. Adams, Raymond Kluender, Neale Mahoney, Jinglin Wang, Francis Wong and Wesley Yin
Most hospitals have financial assistance programs for low-income patients. We use administrative data from Kaiser Permanente to study the effects of financial assistance on health care utilization. Using a regression discontinuity design based on an income threshold... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare; Utilization; Financial Assistance; Health Care and Treatment; Social Issues; Poverty; Health Industry
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  • May 2019
  • Teaching Note

Universal Basic Income, Job Guarantees, or None of the Above?

By: William R. Kerr and Jordan Bach-Lombardo
Teaching Note for HBS No. 819-035. View Details
Keywords: UBI; Job Guarantee; Public Policy; EITC; Employment; Labor; Social Issues; Income; Governance; Policy; Welfare
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  • 20 Aug 2018
  • Blog Post

Summer Snapshot: Interning for the City of Philadelphia

the U.S. have enjoyed recent economic gains, but all too often those gains are concentrated in particular segments of society based on race, zip code, and income level. So far, my work has involved interviewing government, non-profit,... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
  • Web

Matthew Sau | MBA

military faces today. This experience sparked my interest in the intersection of technology and business, as I saw the potential for innovative solutions to not only enhance military operations and improve the lives of service members but also transform various... View Details
  • 28 May 2019
  • News

Future Source

Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda.) “Thirty years from now, I want to enjoy living here,” he says. “For me, that means building businesses that will alter the trajectory of society and thousands and thousands of people.” View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 8 AM – 8 PM MDT, 18 May 2018
  • HBS Alumni Events

HBS Hacks: Solving For The Future of Work in San Francisco

Collaborate with fellow HBS alumni to create the actionable solutions to one of societys most vexing challenges. View Details
  • Web

Joel Shapiro Untitled 2003 | About

Joel Shapiro Untitled , 2003 Joel Shapiro (American, born 1940), Untitled , 2003, bronze. HBS Art and Artifacts Collection , 2005.22 . © 2023 Joel Shapiro / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York . Joel Shapiro (American, born 1940),... View Details
  • Article

Keeping Score on Community Investment

By: Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords: Civil Society or Community; Investment
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  • Web

Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit and Information Technology

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of... View Details
  • 22 Mar 2023
  • News

Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Los Angeles

by Alex Popa (MBA 2007). During his remarks, Dean Datar talked about several innovative initiatives that he anticipates will have lasting value for the School and that place the School at the cutting edge of addressing the challenges facing business and View Details
  • September 2009 (Revised September 2012)
  • Case

United Way

By: Allen S. Grossman and Cathy Ross
After United Way CEO Brian Gallagher began shifting the organization's focus from old-school fundraising to community impact, Gallagher and local leaders like Elise Bulk, CEO of the United Way of Greater Los Angeles, faced a series of challenges regarding how to best... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Business or Company Management; Problems and Challenges; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Alignment; Los Angeles
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  • Portrait Project

Arielle Loeb

I want whatever I do to make my socks go up and down. It's like cartoon characters: when they get excited or see something they love, their socks go up and down. I want to find such a job, whether it's selling Cheerios, doing something to improve the education system... View Details