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  • January 2023
  • Article

Firm-Induced Migration Paths and Strategic Human-Capital Outcomes

By: Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury, Tarun Khanna and Victoria Sevcenko
Firm-induced migration typically entails firms relocating workers to fill value-creating positions at destination locations. But such relocated workers are often exposed to external employment opportunities at their destinations, possibly triggering turnover. We... View Details
Keywords: Worker Relocation; Turnover; Firm-induced Migration; Smaller Towns; Employee Mobility; Geographic Mobility; Migration; Clusters; Employees; Geographic Location; Performance; Opportunities; Retention; Human Capital; Talent and Talent Management
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  • 05 Jan 2017
  • Working Paper Summaries

High-Skilled Migration and Agglomeration

Keywords: by Sari Pekkala Kerr, William Kerr, Çağlar Özden, and Christopher Parsons
  • Article

From Immigrants to Americans: Race and Assimilation During the Great Migration

By: Vasiliki Fouka, Soumyajit Mazumder and Marco Tabellini
How does the arrival of a new minority group affect the social acceptance and outcomes of existing minorities? We study this question in the context of the First Great Migration. Between 1915 and 1930, 1.5 million African Americans moved from the U.S. South to Northern... View Details
Keywords: Assimilation; Great Migration; Group Identity; Immigration; Race; History; United States
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  • 2021
  • Working Paper

From Immigrants to Americans: Race and Assimilation During the Great Migration

By: Vasiliki Fouka, Soumyajit Mazumder and Marco Tabellini
How does the arrival of a new minority group affect the social acceptance and outcomes of existing minorities? We study this question in the context of the First Great Migration. Between 1915 and 1930, 1.5 million African Americans moved from the U.S. South to Northern... View Details
Keywords: Assimilation; Great Migration; Group Identity; Immigration; Race; History; United States
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  • May 2020
  • Article

Ancient Origins of the Global Variation in Economic Preferences

By: Anke Becker, Benjamin Enke and Armin Falk
This paper shows that contemporary population-level heterogeneity in risk aversion, time preference, altruism, positive reciprocity, negative reciprocity, and trust partly traces back to the structure of the migration patterns of our very early ancestors. To document... View Details
Keywords: Migration Patterns; Behavioral Economics; Preferences; Microeconomics; Demography; Decision Making; Risk and Uncertainty; History; Global Range
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  • 2025
  • Working Paper

Causes and Extent of Increasing Partisan Segregation in the U.S. – Evidence from Migration Patterns of 212 Million Voters

By: Jacob R. Brown, Enrico Cantoni, Vincent Pons and Emilie Sartre
Using data on the residential location and migration for every voter in U.S. states recording partisan registration between 2008–2020, we find that residential segregation between Democrats and Republicans has increased year over year at all geographic levels, from... View Details
Keywords: Voting; Political Elections; Geographic Location; Demographics
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    Firm-Induced Migration Paths and Strategic Human-Capital Outcomes

    Firm-induced migration typically entails firms relocating workers to fill value-creating positions at destination locations. But such relocated workers are often exposed to external employment opportunities at their destinations, possibly triggering turnover. We... View Details

    • 05 Dec 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns

    Keywords: by William R. Kerr
    • May 2012
    • Article

    Adding Bricks to Clicks: Predicting the Patterns of Cross-Channel Elasticities over Time

    By: Jill Avery, Thomas J. Steenburgh, John Deighton and Mary Caravella
    The authors propose a conceptual framework to explain whether and when the introduction of a new retail store channel helps or hurts sales in existing direct channels. A conceptual framework separates short- and long-term effects by analyzing the capabilities of a... View Details
    Keywords: Marketing; Channels; Channels Of Distribution; Distribution; Retailing; Channel Management; Channel Migration; Multichannel Retailing; Framework; Customers; Marketing Channels; Sales; Internet and the Web; Demand and Consumers; Competency and Skills; Distribution Channels; E-commerce; Retail Industry; United States
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    Lynda Benglis Migrating Pedmarks 1998 | About

    Lynda Benglis Migrating Pedmarks , 1998 Lynda Benglis (American, born 1941), Migrating Pedmarks , 1998, bronze with black-and-white patina. Courtesy the artist and Cheim & Read . © 2020 Lynda Benglis /... View Details
    • 2018
    • Book

    High-Skilled Migration to the United States and Its Economic Consequences

    By: Gordon H. Hanson, William R. Kerr and Sarah Turner
    Immigration policy is one of the most contentious public policy issues in the United States today. High-skilled immigrants represent an increasing share of the U.S. workforce, particularly in science and engineering fields. These immigrants affect economic growth,... View Details
    Keywords: Immigration; Policy; Economics; Outcome or Result; United States
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    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    Migration, Climate Similarity, and the Consequences of Climate Mismatch

    By: Marguerite Obolensky, Marco Tabellini and Charles Taylor
    This paper examines the concept of “climate matching” in migration—the idea that migrants seek out destinations with familiar climates. Focusing on the US, we document that temperature distance between origin and destination predicts the distribution of migrants across... View Details
    Keywords: Migration; Climate; Immigration; Residency; Weather; Ethnicity; Climate Change; Geographic Location; Policy; United States
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    • 20 Oct 2016
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Global Talent Flows

    Keywords: by Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr, Çağllar Özden, and Christopher Parsons
    • Forthcoming
    • Article

    Faith and Assimilation: Italian Immigrants in the U.S.

    By: Stefano Gagliarducci and Marco Tabellini
    How do ethnic religious organizations influence immigrant assimilation? To answer this question, we assemble novel data from the Catholic directories to measure the presence of Italian Catholic churches in the US between 1890 and 1920, when four million Italians moved... View Details
    Keywords: Assimilation; Religious Organizations; Immigration; Religion; History; United States
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    • 05 Jun 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

    2018 Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press High-Skilled Migration to the United States and Its Economic Consequences By: Hanson, Gordon H., William R. Kerr, and Sarah Turner, eds. Abstract—Immigration policy is one of the most... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 11 Mar 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: March 11

    Cassandra L. Govan, Dan Ariely, and Elise Holland Abstract—Recent evidence suggests that Americans underestimate wealth inequality in the United States and favor a more equal wealth distribution (Norton & Ariely, 2011). Does this View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 07 Jul 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: July 7

    that the regional location decisions of these firms upon moving to western Germany were driven by non-economic factors and heuristics rather than existing industrial conditions. Relocating firms increased the likelihood of incumbent failure in destination regions, a... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 18 Sep 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

    https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49531 From Immigrants to Americans: Race and Assimilation during the Great Migration By: Fouka, Vasiliki, Soumyajit Mazumder, and Marco Tabellini Abstract—How does the appearance of a new... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • Research Summary

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    By: Reshmaan N. Hussam

    Engaged with field work in South Asia and East Africa, Professor Hussam places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the economics literature as well as relevant downstream policy implications. Her research spans four broad interests.... View Details

    • 01 Sep 2023
    • News

    Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees

    For 17 years, Andre Kearns (MBA 1999) has been tracing his family tree. One by one, he has added branches, grounding himself in a long and sometimes complicated lineage. Through family stories, forgotten heirlooms, and vital records, Kearns has traveled back through... View Details
    Keywords: April White; Illustrations by Fabio Consoli; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information