Mabel Abraham

Barbara and Meyer Feldberg Associate Professor of Business
Columbia Business School

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As an expert on gender, workplace inequality, and labor market processes, I strive to bridge theory and practice. Below are select media articles, podcasts, and videos that draw on key research insights.

In the News

Select interviews and media coverage of my research

'Pivotal' moment for businesses considering back-to-office plans

by Catherine Thorbecke  |  ABC News  |  August 15, 2021

Women don’t always win with a female boss

by Wallace Immen  |  The Globe and Mail  |  August 10, 2021

Big Tech’s big problem: Let employees stay home from expensive campuses or ‘risk losing 30% of their workers’

By Jon Swartz  |  MarketWatch  |  August 6, 2021

Trump administration targets diversity hiring by contractors

by Matt O'Brien & Alexandra Olson  |  PBS  |  October 8, 2020

Why Family Leave Policies Could Be To Blame For The Pay Gap

by Benjamin Reeves  |  Worth  |  May 2, 2019

From Inclusion to Support: How to Build a Better Workplace

New York Times  |  June 16, 2019

Fidelity promotes more women in wake of misconduct allegations

 by Sabrina Wilmer  |  Bloomberg  |  November 26, 2018

The bias against women in finance even extends to men with feminine names

by Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz  |  Quartz  |  November 21, 2017

How your first name could cost you a job opportunity

by Alisa Wolfson  |  Moneyish |  October 27, 2017

Study shows gender bias persists in performance-driven industry

by Mike Cummings  |  YaleNews  |  October 24, 2017

Research Briefs: Double standards in evaluation

Gender and the Economy   |  February 2017

Why Employers Are Making Pay Equity a Reality

by Lauren Weber  |  Wall Street Journal  |  September 26, 2016

Having A Woman Boss Doesn't Help Women Get Ahead

by Susan Adams  |  Forbes  |  August 7, 2012

Why Women Still Aren’t Equal at Work

Financial Times

Other Media

select podcasts and video recordings

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Leveling the playing field for female entrepreneurs | CBS News

On International Women's Day, we're taking a closer look at the economic power of female entrepreneurs. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are about 12 million women-owned businesses. Columbia Business School associate professor Mabel Abraham joins CBS News to discuss some of the barriers women face when it comes to building their own businesses.

Mar 8, 2022

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First-Generation Friars | Providence College Podcast

Siblings Dr. Mabel Abraham and Dr. Tristan Botelho have a lot in common. These PC alums both earned doctorates from MIT’s Sloan School of Management, and now they both teach at Ivy League institutions — Abraham at Columbia University and Botelho at Yale. They also were both first-generation college students. e talk with Abraham and Botelho about their research, their experiences at PC, and how being first-gen impacts their work in the classroom.

November 8, 2021

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Gender-role Incongruity and Audience-based Gender Bias | ASQ interview

An Examination of Networking among Entrepreneurs

April 17, 2020

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Necessary but not sufficient

Research has consistently documented unequal outcomes for men and women in the workplace, but to truly fix the problem, we need to begin to uncover the drivers of gender inequality.

April 10, 2018

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Pursuing Quality | ASQ Podcast

How Search Costs and Uncertainty Magnify Gender-based Double Standards in a Multistage Evaluation Process

December 13, 2017

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