Rather than reducing gender-based pay inequality by limiting managers' reliance on factors such as gender bias and favoritism, a shift to performance bonuses and other meritocratic employment practices may actually widen ...
Economics & Business
Aug 24, 2021
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Every day, children across the nation experience traumatic events.
Social Sciences
Aug 18, 2021
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Being in a classroom surrounded by children who are confident and interested in science can actually put girls off pursuing a career in STEM subjects, according to a new study. In contrast, boys seem to be inspired by their ...
Education
Aug 2, 2021
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While it is well known that fighting over money can lead couples to divorce court, new research from the University of California San Diego's Rady School of Management finds that differences in risk preferences, especially ...
Social Sciences
Jul 28, 2021
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After cutbacks and layoffs, remaining employees were more likely to feel they were treated fairly if the companies invested in them—and morale was less likely to plunge, according to new research.
Social Sciences
Jul 12, 2021
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We have all met the parent who thinks their kid is the next Picasso or Einstein regardless of the evidence. But it's hard to know if these beliefs are helpful or harmful.
Education
Jun 24, 2021
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One in four Australians feel lonely on three or more days a week. Our longitudinal study, just published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, finds adults in neighborhoods where at least 30% of nearby land was parks, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 10, 2021
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Social scientists have had a longstanding fixation on moral character, demographic information, and socioeconomic status when it comes to analyzing crime and arrest rates. The measures have become traditional markers used ...
Social Sciences
May 21, 2021
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New research by Morgan Philbin, Ph.D., at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and colleagues looks at why Black young men who have sex with men (YMSM) are disproportionately subject to high rates of arrest ...
Social Sciences
Feb 9, 2021
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A study led by a University of Illinois Chicago researcher uses a new approach to measure precarious, or low-quality, employment in the United States. And, according to those findings, precarious employment has increased ...
Economics & Business
Jan 27, 2021
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