(Phys.org) —Volkswagen is simply a better car company than Fiat. Profits are higher, and so are wages. Why doesn't Fiat just be like VW? Why doesn't Italy, for that matter, emulate Germany? Is it elites that perpetuate ...
Economics & Business
May 29, 2013
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How young men adapt to fatherhood and whether being a father can speed up becoming an adult is to be examined in new research.
Social Sciences
May 25, 2018
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Researchers in India have expanded the well-known theory of planned behavior to obtain useful marketing and policy insights concerning the sustainability choices of consumers when it comes to food. The study, published in ...
Social Sciences
Jul 25, 2024
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Have you or a colleague ever been negatively labeled at work, whether it's based on your gender, age, race or ethnicity? Labels can often be mundane because we use them spontaneously on an everyday basis. But they can also ...
Social Sciences
Jan 26, 2023
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In many parts of the world, men dominate the higher education sector. A 2022 UNESCO report found that, globally, fewer than two out of five senior academics are women. In an earlier report it showed that less than 30% of ...
Social Sciences
Mar 24, 2023
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Subsidizing low carbon emission meals could encourage more people to choose them, according to new research.
Environment
Mar 17, 2021
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Five years since the Brexit vote and three since the Cambridge Analytica scandal, we're now familiar with the role that targeted political advertising can play in fomenting polarization. It was revealed in 2018 that Cambridge ...
Social Sciences
Jul 14, 2021
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Traditional cultural norms about gendered roles and femininity still matter for women's choice of college major, says Ann Beutel of the University of Oklahoma in the US. Beutel and her colleagues published a study in Springer's ...
Social Sciences
Aug 17, 2017
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Commercial bankers provide capital to fund the operations and growth of businesses. However, as these lenders evaluate entrepreneurs who apply for loans, gender bias leads to women being denied more often than their male ...
Social Sciences
Apr 24, 2024
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Working mothers are often expected to work like they don't have children and raise children as if they don't work. This impossible standard is at the root of gender inequalities in the workplace, according to two new Washington ...
Social Sciences
Jul 21, 2021
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