Publications

November 2024 (Revised January 2025)
Case

MiDAS: Automating Unemployment Benefits

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai

In 2015, the state of Michigan considered whether to nominate its Michigan Integrated Data Automated System (MiDAS) for a prestigious state technology award. Launched in 2013 amid severe budget pressures, the $47 million automated fraud detection system was designed to... View Details

Purchase

August 2002
Background Note

Customer Benefit Stack

By: Das Narayandas

Describes a process to understand customer benefits created in industrial markets using the metaphor of a customer benefit stack. View Details

Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Customer Value and Value Chain; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Manufacturing Industry

Article

Who Benefits from Religion?

By: Daniel Mochon, Michael I. Norton and Dan Ariely

Many studies have documented the benefits of religious involvement. Indeed, highly religious people tend to be healthier, live longer, and have higher levels of subjective well-being. While religious involvement offers clear benefits to many, in this paper we explore... View Details

Keywords: Religion; Values and Beliefs; Welfare

01 Jun 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Benefits of Oversharing

conclusions about the costs of hiding information carry implications for individuals and companies alike. It turns out that who benefits from disclosing information has everything to do with how they reveal it. Match Game In What Hiding... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

February 2004 (Revised July 2004)
Background Note

Retiree Benefit Note Analysis

By: David F. Hawkins

Walks the reader through the retiree benefit note disclosures required by SFAS 132, which were revised in 2003. View Details

Keywords: Retirement; Accounting; Standards; Compensation and Benefits

August 1996 (Revised January 2004)
Background Note

Retiree Benefits

By: David F. Hawkins

Note on accounting for retiree benefits. View Details

Keywords: Retirement; Compensation and Benefits

Purchase

28 Jun 2012
News

Friends without benefits

01 Jun 2015
News

The Surprising Benefits of Oversharing

April 2002
Article

The Determination of Unemployment Benefits

By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert J. MacCulloch

While much empirical research exists on labor market consequences of unemployment benefits, there is remarkably little evidence on the forces determining benefits. We present a simple model where workers desire insurance against unemployment risk and benefits increase... View Details

Keywords: Unemployment; Compensation and Benefits

August 2010 (Revised September 2011)
Background Note

Retiree Pension and Health Benefits

By: David F. Hawkins

Note on accounting for retiree pension and health benefits under IFRS and U.S. GAAP. View Details

Keywords: Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Health Care and Treatment; Compensation and Benefits; Standards; Retirement; United States

Purchase

22 Jun 2009
News

Benefiting from Relationships

01 Oct 2018
Video

Who Benefits From Global Talent?

01 Sep 2021
News

The Problem of Social Benefit

03 Jun 2015
Working Paper Summaries

Business Models--Nature and Benefits

Keywords: by Ramon Casadesus-Masanell & John Heilbron

Dec 17 2012
Brochure

PLD Alumni Status Requirements and Benefits

September 1992
Background Note

Accounting for Post-retirement Benefits

By: William J. Bruns Jr., David F. Hawkins and Marc H. Zablatsky

Keywords: Accounting; Compensation and Benefits; Retirement

Article

The Baby Benefits Club

By: Debora L. Spar

This past summer several prominent firms seemed to be competing for the title of America's most family-friendly company. In August, Netflix announced plans to offer new mothers and fathers "unlimited leave". Microsoft countered quickly, promising to increase its own... View Details

Keywords: Parental Leave; Maternity Leave; Employees; Compensation and Benefits; Policy; Gender; Equality and Inequality

Fall 2014
Article

Seesaws and Social Security Benefits Indexing

By: Matthew Weinzierl

The price indexation of Social Security benefit payments has emerged in recent years as a flashpoint of debate in the United States. I characterize the direct effects that changes in that price index would have on retirees who differ in their initial wealth at... View Details

Keywords: Retirement; Compensation and Benefits; United States