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Researchers from Indiana University and Miami University-Ohio published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that examines how power distance belief affects consumers' price sensitivity.
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The economic effects of the coronavius in the U.S. have brought Americans' preexisting financial precarity into stark focus. Karen Richman, University of Notre Dame director of undergraduate studies at the Institute for Latino ...
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Aug 14, 2020
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As the uncertainty around reopening college and university campuses this fall continues, those who work, study, teach and conduct research are navigating the uncertain terrain of the "new normal." They are balancing physical ...
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Aug 13, 2020
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Employers in Sweden more often reject job applications from transgender people—especially in male-dominated occupations. Moreover, transgender people face discrimination from two different grounds for discrimination. This ...
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Aug 13, 2020
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People are accustomed to getting cash in the mail from an aunt or grandparent. But what about from complete strangers?
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Aug 13, 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a heavy toll on research in Australia. We surveyed 333 early and mid-career researchers in science, technical, engineering and medical (STEM) fields and found the impact on their productivity ...
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Aug 13, 2020
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Many international students in private rental housing in Sydney and Melbourne were struggling before COVID-19 hit. Our surveys of these students before and during the pandemic show it has made their already precarious situations ...
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Aug 13, 2020
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Many people have experienced a few nights of bad sleep that resulted in shifting attention spans, impulsive tendencies and hyperactivity the next day—all behaviors resembling ADHD. A new study found that this dynamic may ...
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Aug 12, 2020
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Cratering job quality and weak wage growth in the U.S. have typically been attributed to a combination of technological change, waning worker bargaining power and increased pressures from trade and financial markets. But ...
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Aug 12, 2020
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Nearly 500,000 people in the U.S. during the past 20 years have died from an opioid overdose. Millions of others—many of them parents—are using, incarcerated or in drug rehabilitation programs. While the drug crisis has ...
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Aug 12, 2020
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French philosopher Voltaire famously quipped: "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him." Something similar can be said of modern monetary theory, also known as MMT, because it may be the economy's only hope ...
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Even prior to COVID-19, tipped workers suffered from the inadequacies of the United States' social safety net and minimum wage standards.
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Aug 12, 2020
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While registering more than 4.6 million downloads of its Open Access publications in 2019, the Australian National University (ANU) Press has experienced an average 44% increase in its monthly download numbers from March ...
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Aug 12, 2020
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Insider trading comes in two main forms: arguably legal and clearly illegal.
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Aug 12, 2020
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The first international empirical study of work from home shows there are benefits that could be maintained after the pandemic.
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Aug 12, 2020
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Researchers from University of New South Wales, University of Southern California, and Imperial College London published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that analyzes how varying levels of hope and anxiety about outcomes ...
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Aug 12, 2020
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New research from Harvard's Growth Lab finds a direct link between a country's incoming business travel and the growth of new and existing industries. The findings, published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, support ...
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Millions of American homes could become unsellable—or could be sold at significant losses to their senior-citizen owners—between now and 2040, according to new research from the University of Arizona.
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Aug 11, 2020
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The government has published proposals for a radical reform of the planning system in England. This reform could have significant implications for our built and natural environments, as well as for local democracy.
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Aug 11, 2020
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COVID-19 has been a humbling experience. From a frayed pandemic early-warning system to a shortage of personal protective equipment for front-line workers, public health experts have been playing catch up.
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