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Daily Archives: October 8, 2014

Why Some Women Negotiate Better Than Others – HBR

Inequality, Participation, and Polarization

Vlaicu, Razvan, Inequality, Participation, and Polarization (October 6, 2014). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2506295 “The strong co-movement of economic inequality and partisan polarization in the U.S. is typically explained as the result of increased citizen polarization into economic classes or through the presence of a wealth bias in the political process. This paper formalizes an… Continue Reading

Microsoft and Other Firms Pledge to Protect Student Data – NYT

NATASHA SINGER: “A week after California enacted a landmark law restricting the ways education technology companies can use the information they collect about elementary through high school students, a group of leading industry players is pledging to adopt similar data protections nationwide. The 14 companies include: Microsoft; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the educational publishing house; Amplify, a developer… Continue Reading

Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, September 16-17, 2014

“The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on September 16-17, 2014. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes. The minutes for… Continue Reading

IMF – World Economy Needs Smart Fiscal Policies

“Fiscal policies can help support job creation, though designing the right policies will depend on conditions in individual countries. Job creation sits atop the policy agenda globally. High and persistent levels of unemployment call for a broad policy response, generally encompassing structural reform and other economic policies. While fiscal policy cannot substitute for comprehensive reforms, it… Continue Reading

Bank Heterogeneity and Capital Allocation: Evidence from “Fracking” Shocks

New York Fed:  Matthew C. Plosser – “This paper empirically investigates banks’ investment allocations over the recent business cycle. I identify unsolicited deposit shocks resulting from unconventional energy development and estimate bank allocations of these deposits. In the pre-recession period, banks lend 38 percent of incremental deposits; however, during the downturn, banks favor liquid assets and lending… Continue Reading

The Global AgeWatch Index 2014

“The world is ageing fast. By 2030, there will be more people over 60 than under 10. Already there are more adults over 60 than children under 5. The Global AgeWatch Index has been developed and constructed by HelpAge International from international data sets drawn from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the World Bank,… Continue Reading