From business exports to veteran care − here’s what some of the 35,000 federal workers in the Philadelphia region do
By: Todd Aagaard, Professor of Law, Villanova School of Law Layoffs of federal employees and cutbacks to federal agencies have direct consequences for the Philadelphia area. I am a law professor at Villanova University outside Philadelphia, and my research focuses on the work of the administrative agencies that compose the federal government. I believe that understanding the federal government’s presence in […]
The public service has a much smaller gender pay gap than the private sector. It’s a big achievement
By: Leonora Risse, Associate Professor in Economics, University of Canberra After two years of publishing the gender pay gaps of Australia’s private-sector companies, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency has released public-sector employer data for the first time. The report shows a stark contrast between the private and public sectors. The Commonwealth public sector has a […]
Leaders can promote gender equity without deepening polarization − here’s how
By: Colleen Tolan, Postdoctoral Researcher for the Center for Women in Business, Rutgers University Lisa Kaplowitz, Associate Professor & Executive Director, Center for Women in Business, Rutgers University Americans largely agree that women have made significant gains in the workplace over the past two decades. But what about men? While many Americans believe women are thriving, over […]
We analyzed racial justice statements from the 500 largest US companies and found that DEI officials really did have an influence
By: Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Employment Equity, UMass Amherst Jorge Quesada Velazco, Ph.D. in Economics, UMass Amherst Kevin L. Young, Professor of Economics, UMass Amherst In 2020, American businesses responded to an unprecedented wave of racial justice protests with an equally unprecedented surge in corporate commitments. Even as President Donald […]
Identifying brands as Black-owned can pay off for businesses
By: Michael Walschots, Postdoctoral Fellow, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz Labeling businesses as Black-owned can significantly boost their sales, we found in a recent study. In June 2020, the business-review website Yelp introduced a feature allowing consumers to search for Black-owned restaurants. As professors who study digitization, inequality and the economics of technology, we were interested in understanding its […]
Cutting marketing spending often backfires on businesses – new research could help investors distinguish shortsighted cuts from smart ones
By: Andre Martin, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Notre Dame Businesses are often tempted to cut their marketing budgets for the short-term savings it provides – but those cuts can cause problems in the long term. A new study my colleague Tarun Kushwaha and I published in The Journal of Marketing proposes a method for predicting whether these counterproductive […]