Publications
Publications
- 2021
- HBS Working Paper Series
Measuring Employment Impact: Applications and Cases
By: Katie Panella and George Serafeim
Abstract
Applying the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative’s employment impact methodology on eight leading companies, we document wide variability in employment impacts as a percentage of salaries paid, ranging between 59 and 80 percent. We identify opportunities for improvement and discuss transition plans for companies to create more positive employment impact. We conclude with a call for disclosure of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission EEO-1 reports, paid leave, childcare and healthcare benefits, which would greatly facilitate the comparable and reliable measurement of employment impact in the future.
Keywords
Impact Measurement; Employee Compensation; Accounting; Employees; Labor; Well-being; Diversity; Wages; Compensation and Benefits
Citation
Panella, Katie, and George Serafeim. "Measuring Employment Impact: Applications and Cases." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-082, January 2021. (Revised August 2021.)
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