Elena Patel

New study shedding light on the impact of paid family leave

What impact does California's 2004 Paid Family Leave Act have on the gender pay gap? New research from the Eccles School's Elena Patel and her coauthors shows that parents spend more quality time with kids and tend to have fewer children overall, but may miss out on earnings over their child's lifetime. Read more about the study in The Washington Post, The Federalist, Market [...]

2019-11-01T09:40:03-06:00October 28th, 2019|

Criticizing public companies for “short-termism” is nonsense, according to Barron’s

"Companies with publicly traded shares invest proportionately far more than privately held businesses. The difference is particularly stark when comparing spending on research and development," according to an article in Barron's, which cites research by Elena Patel, an assistant professor of Finance at the David Eccles School of Business.  

2018-10-08T22:28:28-06:00October 8th, 2018|
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