Significantly more women than men move out when their partners pass away. This, according to a University of Copenhagen study that investigates the settlement patterns of Danish widows and widowers. According to the researcher, ...
Social Sciences
Apr 17, 2023
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Digital platforms are powerful catalysts of economic activity, drastically reducing transaction and communication costs. This has sparked an abundance of scholarly research to explore the revolutionary changes they have caused ...
Economics & Business
Apr 17, 2023
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Faced with a growing number of options for where to enroll their children in school, parents quickly narrow their choices based on their own educational experience as students.
Social Sciences
Apr 14, 2023
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A linguistic arms race is raging online—and it isn't clear who's winning.
Social Sciences
Apr 13, 2023
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Since the 2016 presidential election, news accounts and scientific research have illustrated how defriending, a term originally associated with dropping Facebook friends, echoes in our broader, offline social lives. And what ...
Social Sciences
Apr 11, 2023
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Many social media users are fed-up with the divisiveness and extremism that they encounter on platforms like Twitter and Facebook. But this kind of content is more pervasive than ever. What explains the mismatch?
Social Sciences
Apr 10, 2023
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There are many changes that can come with old age—hair turns gray, eyesight isn't quite what it used to be, mobility often becomes limited. But beyond these physiological changes, people also experience changes to their ...
Evolution
Apr 6, 2023
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Why is it seemingly OK to ask single people "Why are you single?" when married people are rarely asked "Why are you married?"
Social Sciences
Apr 6, 2023
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At an academic conference some years ago, Michèle Belot spoke with a participant who was convinced she had authored a research paper that wasn't hers. He'd confused her with another female scholar, an experience she said ...
Social Sciences
Apr 3, 2023
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Work isn't just about getting paid. Employment can provide a number of benefits for people in terms of health, well-being, social, economic and financial inclusion. It can also reduce reliance on government income supports. ...
Economics & Business
Mar 29, 2023
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