About this episode
So you want to help people? That’s great — but beware the law of unintended consequences. Three stories from the modern workplace. SOURCES: Joshua Angrist , professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Zoe Cullen , professor of business administration at Harvard Business School. Marina Gertsberg , senior lecturer in finance at the University of Melbourne. RESOURCES: " Is Pay Transparency Good? " by Zoë Cullen ( Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2024). " DP18969 Economics Coauthorships in the Aftermath of MeToo ," by Noriko Amano-Patino, Elisa Faraglia, and Chryssi Giannitsarou ( CEPR Discussion Paper, 2024). " The Underground Economy of Company Reviews ," by Shikhar Sachdev ( Career Fair, 2023). " Why Did Gender Wage Convergence in the United States Stall? " by Peter Q. Blair and Benjamin Posmanick ( NBER Working Paper, 2023). " The Unintended Consequences of #MeToo: Evidence from Research Collaborations ," by Marina Gertsberg ( SSRN, 2022). " Outsourcing Tasks Online: Matching Supply and Demand on Peer-to-Peer Internet Platforms ," by Zoë Cullen and Chiara Farronato ( Management Science, 2021). " Equilibrium Effects of Pay Transparency ," by Zoe B. Cullen and Bobak Pakzad-Hurson ( NBER Working Paper, 2021). " How Much Does Your Boss Make? The Effects of Salary Comparisons ," by Zoë Cullen and Ricardo Perez-Truglia ( NBER Working Paper, 2018). " Wall Street Rule for the #MeToo Era: Avoid Women at All Cost ," by Gillian Tan and Katia Porzecanski ( Bloomberg, 2018). " A Comprehensive Analysis of the Effects of US Disability Discrimination Laws on the Employment of the Disabled Population ," by Patrick Button, Philip Armour, and Simon Hollands ( NBER Working Paper, 2016). " Consequences of Employment Protection? The Case of the Americans with Disabilities Act ," by Daron Acemoglu and Joshua Angrist ( Journal of Political Economy, 2001). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.