(Phys.org) —Economists often measure rates of entrepreneurship by looking at the number of small businesses in an industry or a country. However, in a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ...
Publicly available salary information prompts organizations to reduce the gender pay gap, according to a new study from the University of California San Diego's School of Global Policy and Strategy.
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Jan 17, 2023
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Despite advances in gender equality, women still earn less than men in all advanced, industrialized societies. Who—or what—is to blame? A new 15-country study led by Andrew Penner at the University of California, Irvine, ...
Social Sciences
Nov 29, 2022
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"Equal pay for equal work," a motto touted by many people, turns out to be relevant to the plant world as well. According to new research by Stanford University ecologists, plants allocate resources to their microbial partners ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 7, 2021
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Workplace gender bias is being kept alive by people who think it's no longer an issue, new research suggests.
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Jun 26, 2020
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Janet Napolitano, President of the University of California (and former Secretary of Homeland Security during the Obama administration), has published an open letter on the university's official website announcing that the ...
The mobile payment wars are heating up.
Business
Dec 10, 2015
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When it comes to using a smartphone to make purchases in retail stores, Apple Pay has been getting most of the attention.
Business
Oct 8, 2015
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Google's answer to the Apple Pay mobile-payment service is debuting in the U.S., marking a do-over by the company behind the world's most-used operating system for smartphones.
Business
Sep 10, 2015
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Brown-headed cowbirds have a reputation for being deadbeat parents: They lay their eggs in other birds' nests and then disappear, the story goes, leaving the care and feeding of their offspring to an unwitting foster family. ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 9, 2015
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