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Multinational Firms, Labor Market Discrimination, and the Capture of Competitive Advantage by Exploiting the Social Divide
Women and ethnic minorities are frequently discriminated against in the labor markets of both developed and emerging economies, particularly in opportunities for management positions. Multinationals entering such markets must decide whether to aggressively hire and promote the excluded group, thus reaping the benefits of their underutilized talent, or conform to local practice and avoid provoking some bigoted policymakers, executives, purchasers, and/or supply agents. In this paper, HBS professor Jordan Siegel, Lynn Pyun, and B.Y. Cheon find that multinationals gain significant competitive opportunities by scanning the host-market social landscape, identifying social schisms in the labor market, and exploiting such schisms by actively hiring and promoting members of the excluded group to positions of management responsibility. Key concepts include:
 
Same Work, Less Pay. Virginia's Persistent Gender Gap
The report compares men’s and women’s median hourly wage and median income in Virginia, the South Atlantic region, and the United States and finds that Virginia has a persistently larger gender pay gap than the region or country as a whole. The gap widens as incomes and education levels increase.

The report also looks at the gender pay gap within specific occupations and industries, and compares men and women of similar educational and income groups. According to a report by The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis, women in Virginia earn an average of just 81 cents for every dollar men earn, and this difference is larger than in most other states.
 
City of Richmond's Capital Improvement Plan 2010- 2014
This report outlines the budget allocations for the Capital Region Improvement Plan. It highlights improvements to public schools, infrastructure improvements, City Hall improvements, Parks improvements etc.
 
The Recession's Toll on Children
Low-income children are more likely to develop cognitive deficits, undermining their chances for successful lives. New psychological interventions could help protect them.

 
The College Completion Agenda 2010 Progress Report
The College Board's Commission on Access, Admissions, and Success in Higher Education reports on the state of US higher education, and provides recommendations for increasing college completion as well as how to measure the success of policy changes. The report includes national and state-by-state data and comparisons.
 

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