Since Labor won the 2024 general election, policy focused on children in the early years—from birth to school age—and their parents has moved sharply up the political agenda.
Economics & Business
Oct 5, 2026
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Training in AI skills improves the chances of women from underrepresented backgrounds being invited to job interviews, but not enough to eliminate the inequalities they face in the labor market, according to a new study.
Economics & Business
15 hours ago
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U.K. vacationers and the tourism industry have a "real opportunity" to shift to low-carbon European vacations, researchers say.
Social Sciences
Oct 7, 2026
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Australia has made significant strides in improving cancer survival, but new research from Griffith University finds far less progress in supporting survivors' return to work, which remains a major challenge for many. The ...
Social Sciences
Oct 6, 2026
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A teenager in Shanghai will wait in line for hours to get a Labubu doll. Meanwhile, a shopper in Ohio might drive across town to buy a robotic vacuum. Although buyers might call these products "cool," research shows they ...
Social Sciences
Oct 7, 2026
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Findings recently published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics provide, according to the study's authors, the clearest cause-and-effect evidence to date that noncompete agreements reduce worker mobility and earnings—while ...
Economics & Business
Oct 6, 2026
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The shortest distance between two points is a straight line, but sometimes taking the long way home can have advantages.
Economics & Business
Oct 6, 2026
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The traditional CPA firm partnership model is undergoing its most rapid transformation in decades. Driven by private equity (PE) investments and acquisitions, public accounting firms are restructuring operations, compensation ...
Economics & Business
19 hours ago
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Hurricanes can displace renters even when their homes suffer no damage, according to new research led by Rowan University urban planner Qian He.
Economics & Business
Oct 2, 2026
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Young adults following physicians on TikTok consider them more accessible, credible and altruistic than their own doctors, even when the physician-influencers are selling products. Moreover, the followers haven't actually ...
Social Sciences
Oct 6, 2026
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