Impact of Sexual Harassment and Social Support on Burnout in Physician Mothers
Background: Burnout affects >50% of physicians, especially women.
Research
Why gender disparities persist in South Korea’s labor market
Although the South Korean economy fared relatively well on the whole during the pandemic, the labor market consequences were uneven, with women experiencing worse outcomes than men.
Reducing Burnout and Resignations among Frontline Workers: A Field Experiment
Government agencies around the world struggle to retain frontline workers, as high job demands and low job resources contribute to persistently high rates of employee burnout.
Search, Transport Costs, and Labor Markets in South Africa
South Africa’s labor market exhibits a unique equilibrium with one of the highest unemployment rates in the world and yet a low level of informal employment.
Ability signals and rigorous coursework: Evidence from AP Calculus participation
Large racial gaps in rigorous math coursework enrollment are a barrier to improving college completion rates and access to careers in STEM.
National survey of gig workers paints a picture of poor working conditions, low pay
While the concept of nontraditional, short-term, and contract work has been around since well before the digital age, it wasn’t until the 2010s that digital platform companies like Uber, DoorDash, Ins
Using Case Studies for Organizational Learning in Development Agencies
Sarah Glavery and her coauthors draw a distinction between explicit knowledge, which is easily identified and shared through databases and reports, and tacit knowledge, the less easily shared “know ho
Where you sit is where you stand: education-based descriptive representation and perceptions of democratic quality
Scholars of descriptive representation have paid growing attention to the issue of class.
Hacking Gender Stereotypes: Girls' Participation in Coding Clubs
Who are the girls who decide to sign up for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs and coding clubs?
Democratize Work: The Case for Reorganizing the Economy
What happens to a society—and a planet—when capitalism outgrows democracy?
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