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Evolution of Land Distribution in West Bengal 1967–2004: Role of Land Reform and Demographic Changes

By: Pranab Bardhan, Michael Luca, Dilip Mookherjee and Francisco Pino
This paper studies how land reform and population growth affect land inequality and landlessness, focusing particularly on indirect effects owing to their influence on household divisions and land market transactions. Theoretical predictions of a model of household... View Details
Keywords: Inequality; Land Reform; Household Division; Land Markets; Equality and Inequality; Residency; Property; Household; West Bengal
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  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Evolution of Land Distribution in West Bengal 1967-2004: Role of Land Reform and Demographic Changes

By: Pranab Bardhan, Michael Luca, Dilip Mookherjee and Francisco Pino
This paper studies how land reform and population growth affect land inequality and landlessness, focusing particularly on indirect effects owing to their influence on household divisions and land market transactions. Theoretical predictions of a model of household... View Details
Keywords: Inequality; Land Reform; Household Division; Land Markets; Equality and Inequality; Property; West Bengal
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  • 2014
  • Other Unpublished Work

Evolution of Land Distribution in West Bengal 1967-2004: Role of Land Reform and Demographic Changes

By: Pranab Bardhan, Michael Luca, Dilip Mookherjee and Francisco Pino
This paper examines the indirect effect of land reform and demographic changes on land inequality operating through induced household divisions and land market transactions. We develop an intra-household model of joint production where divisions, out-migration or land... View Details
Keywords: Inequality; Land Reform; Household Division; Land Markets; Equality and Inequality; Property; Household; Change; West Bengal
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  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Islam, Inequality, and Pre-Industrial Comparative Development

By: Stelios Michalopoulos, Alireza Naghavi and Giovanni Prarolo
This study explores the interaction between trade and geography in shaping the Islamic economic doctrine and in turn the comparative development of the Muslim world. We build a model where an unequal distribution of land quality in presence of trade opportunities... View Details
Keywords: Islam; Inequality In Land Quality; Wealth Accumulation; Public Good Investment; Conflict; Wealth; Geography; Religion; Trade
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  • September 2018 (Revised January 2019)
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Sobha Group Real Estate: Backward Integration for Quality

By: John Macomber and Alpana Thapar
From humble beginnings in Kerala, India, Mr. PNC Menon built a reputation for quality, detail, and trustworthiness, earning him major construction commissions in the Gulf region. This paved the way for venturing into real estate development in Dubai, UAE. Striving to... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate; Backward Integration; Land Acquisition; Raising Capital; Construction; Family Business; Decision Making; Joint Ventures; Quality; Real Estate Industry; Construction Industry; India; Middle East; Dubai
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    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
    • 10 Jul 2019
    • News

    Leadership Lessons From The Moon Landing

    • Web

    Democratizing development: Inequality in Latin America | Institute for Business in Global Society

    Democratizing development: Inequality in Latin America Global Leadership Roundtable São Paulo, Brazil November 2023 In partnership with the HBS Latin America Research Center... View Details
    • 02 Jun 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity

    hospital systems in New York, Chicago, and Boston pledged to confront inequities in hiring, leadership, and patient care. ‘Embedded in the fabric... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health
    • 09 Mar 2021
    • News

    Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic

    children, especially from low-income communities; also a founder of Ashoka University The pandemic has been a disaster for education overall and has exacerbated inequity as well. Unlike in the United States... View Details
    Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
    • May 2016 (Revised October 2016)
    • Case

    Agricultural Revolution without a Land Revolution: the Megafarms of CP Group

    By: William C. Kirby and Nancy Hua Dai
    This case describes the megafarm model launched by the CP group as part of their efforts to ensure the safety and quality of their supply chain of agricultural products (particularly, eggs) in China while also promoting the welfare of Chinese farmers. This model was... View Details
    Keywords: China; Poultry; Public-private Partnership; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Family Business; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; China
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    • 07 Nov 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    When Glasses Land the Gig: Employers Still Choose Workers Who 'Look the Part'

    Seeking a programming gig? Wear glasses and keep your laptop in frame if you want your profile picture to attract recruiters on hiring platforms. A new study finds freelancers are more likely to land work... View Details
    Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
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    Health Equity, Schooling Hesitancy, and the Social Determinants of Learning

    By: Meira Levinson, Alan C. Geller, Joseph G. Allen and John D. Macomber
    At least 62 million K-12 students in North America—disproportionately low-income children of color— have been physically out of school for over a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These children are at risk of significant academic, social, mental, and physical harm... View Details
    Keywords: COVID-19; Public Health; Air Quality; Social Determinants Of Health; Schooling Hesitancy; Vaccine Hesitancy; Racial Injustice; Inequity; Inequality; Health Pandemics; Education; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Race; Equality and Inequality
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    Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

    Goldfaden Land, who studied physics, and Harry Land, who ran a scrap metal and real estate business in Connecticut. In high school at the Norwich Free Academy, Land excelled... View Details
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    The Idea of Instant Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

    both a negative and a positive sheet in a single process and produce a stabilized, dry print in a compressed period of time. Land wanted to capitalize on the View Details
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    Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

    for the next generation.” Edwin Land, "Research by the Business Itself," 1944 15 In 1935, Edwin Land received the Hood Medal from the Royal Photographic Society, and in 1938,... View Details
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    Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

    destination. In order to establish greater connection with their customers, the company decided to distribute directly to dealers. Those selling Land Cameras quickly learned the benefits of a system that... View Details
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    Medium of Artistic Expression - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

    making is that the spectacularly thin layers—almost merely layers of concepts—evoke in the observers of the image the whole spread of human emotions," Land wrote. "It is hard to believe that such powerful... View Details
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    Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

    meaning Special Experiment). 49 Land devoted massive efforts toward the secret project, which took place concurrently with other routine Polaroid manufacturing activities. Reams of daily research reports, diagrams, and test photographs... View Details
    • June 2016
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    Task Segregation as a Mechanism for Within-Job Inequality: Women and Men of the Transportation Security Administration

    By: Curtis K. Chan and Michel Anteby
    What could explain inequality within a given job between groups of workers, particularly between women and men? Extant workplace inequality scholarship has largely overlooked as a source for inequality the job’s work content—the actual tasks workers perform. It is... View Details
    Keywords: Inequality; Work; Mechanisms And Processes; Stratification; Labor Process; Qualitative Methods (General); Case Method; Field Research; Equality and Inequality; Working Conditions; Gender; Labor; Labor and Management Relations; Air Transportation Industry
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