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To reconcile empirical inconsistencies in the relationship between emotionally-negative families and daughters’ abnormal eating, this article hypothesizes a critical moderating variable: daughters’ vulnerability to emotion contagion. Professor Michael Slepian and co-authors find that young women susceptible to emotion contagion may be at increased risk for eating disorders.

This paper provides evidence on the impact of paid leave legislation on fathers’ leave-taking, as well as on the division of leave between mothers and fathers in dual-earner households.

Eight studies, conducted by Professor Adam Galinsky and colleagues, explored the antecedents and consequences of whether people locate their sense of self in the brain or the heart.

Eight studies by Professor Adam Galinsky and colleagues find a robust negative relationship between the experience of power and the experience of loneliness.

This article combines unique administrative and survey data to study the match between firms and managers. The model illustrates how risk aversion and talent determine how firms select and motivate managers.

Professor Stefan Meier and colleagues find that, among low socio-economic groups, scarce resources indeed can affect one’s willingness to delay gratification when making choices about monetary rewards.

Professor Andrea Prat and colleagues study the information flows that arise among a set of agents with local knowledge and directed payoff interactions. 

Professor Takatoshi Ito will speak with Takeo Hoshi, both coauthors of The Japanese Economy, Second Edition (The MIT Press, 2020), on a Tokyo College Online Discussion Series to discuss current issues in the Japanese Economy. Taka and Takeo Explain the Japanese Economy: "The Japanese Economy" Online Discussion Season 2 [Online discussion series on YouTube] Event 1: March 10, How to achieve Carbon Neutral by 2050 Event 2: March 17, Should we introduce carbon pricing? Event 3: March 24, Demise of the traditional labor practices?  Event 4: March 31, Post-pandemic labor market in Japan Videos are available here.  The Center on Japanese Economy and Business is an outreach partner for these events. Contact: tokyo.college.event@tc.u-tokyo.ac.jp For more information click here.

How does family interaction impact age of autism spectrum disorder diagnosis?

Using a unique dataset from Denmark, Professor Daniel Wolfenzon and colleagues find that CEO and family deaths are strongly correlated with declines in firm operating profitability, investment and sales growth.

Although the gender wage gap in the U.S. has narrowed, women’s career trajectories diverge from men’s after the birth of children, suggesting a potential role for family-friendly policies.

Professor Michaela Pagel and colleague document how a spouse who spends more of his or her share of income increases overall household spending.

Student Leadership and Ethics Board member Josie Cox ‘22 reflects on the one-year anniversary of the pandemic in the U.S. and shares lessons learned during this extraordinary time.

The leaders of the multinational corporation dug deep into the importance of the CEO-General Counsel relationship as it relates to organizational culture and shared career advice, including where to start when you’re fresh out of graduate school.

Lisa Mensah, president and CEO of Opportunity Finance Network, discusses economic and community development finance institutions (CDFIs), finance justice, and ways the Biden-Harris Administration can support CDFIs to "finance hope" and help struggling communities build back stronger.

Lisa Mensah, president and CEO of Opportunity Finance Network, discusses economic and community development finance institutions (CDFIs), finance justice, and ways the Biden-Harris Administration can support CDFIs to "finance hope" and help struggling communities build back stronger.

The New Ideas in Family Firms Conference brings together the world’s leading academic researchers and consulting practitioners to discuss what they can learn from each other and how to move theory and practice forward.  

Professor Adam Galinsky and co-authors explore whether emotions intensify among people in groups in “Feeling more together: Group attention intensifies emotion.”

In “Board Composition and CEO Power,” Professor Tim Baldenius and colleagues study the optimal composition of corporate boards.

Three policy pros ask the United States to lead by power of example.