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Are We Still Attracted By The Bright Lights?

The Horizons Tracker

The GDP of the larger cities was found to decline by 16%, but there was also a decline in GDP of 2.4% This is transforming the way organizations approach recruitment and talent management. in smaller towns due to the decline in productivity experienced by people when they moved there.

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More Women in the Workforce Could Raise GDP by 5%

Harvard Business Review

Eldercare is an especially potent drag on women professionals, hitting them just as their careers are reaching their full potential. Cultural insistence that a daughter's first duty is to her parents causes many women to either cut back on their career ambitions or leave the workforce altogether.

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Your Company Needs Independent Workers

Harvard Business Review

It takes a careful mix of mission, management, and culture. Attracting, retaining, and managing these highly skilled workers will require new ways of thinking about talent management and the role that external talent plays. Sponsored by Citrix GoToMeeting. Our own research reinforces these findings.

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What If Companies Managed People as Carefully as They Manage Money?

Harvard Business Review

Today’s executives spend a lot of time managing the balance sheet, despite the fact that it doesn’t represent their company’s scarcest resource. According to Bain’s Macro Trends Group, the global supply of capital stands at nearly 10 times global GDP. Difference-making talent is also scarce.

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When More Women Join the Workforce, Wages Rise — Including for Men

Harvard Business Review

This deserves a brief side note: Despite increases in GDP per capita, real wages for many workers have been stagnating in recent decades. Over a 45-year career, that amounts to a gain of over $50,000. This paper was recently published in the Journal of Regional Science. and a hollowing out of middle-skill jobs.

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Getting Japanese Women Back on Track

Harvard Business Review

million and the level of Japan's GDP could increase by as much as 15 percent.". Even though more highly qualified women have moved into "career track" positions in recent years, there's a huge earnings gap: On average, women only earn 72% of the compensation paid to men for equivalent jobs. 31%) and Germany (35%).