We assemble a unique data set of more than a million matrimonial ads to study the evolution of partner preferences. Using ads published in major news outlets from Canada, France and India from 1950 to 1995, we show that stated preferences for economic aspects of an ideal partner have fallen...

We argue that China, with its long history, a relatively stable political system, and multiple regime changes, provides us an opportunity to investigate the political economy of administrative hierarchy. Using prefecture-level panel data and exploiting regime changes during AD1000-2000, we find...

What role do hierarchies play with respect to the organization of production and what determines their structure? We develop an equilibrium model of hierarchical organization, then provide empirical evidence using confidential data on thousands of law offices from the 1992 Census of Services....

We draw insights from the status characteristic theory and conjecture that status beliefs lead to the formation of an informal gender-based status hierarchy on the boards. After controlling for several directors’ characteristics, we identify that the status ranking of female directors is...

Nowadays, employees' readiness for change plays a key role to implement many organizational change initiatives. Using a sample of 510 bank employees in Jordan, this study seeks to analyze how high-performance human resource management practices and affective commitment impact employees'...