Frontline managers' pay does not reflect their personal contribution to a firm's profits. They capture only 0.5% of the value created, as opposed to 25–60% for more visible occupations such as CEOs, salespeople and realtors, ...
Economics & Business
Jan 4, 2023
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Paper? Pencils? Laptops? Robots? Teachers are increasingly relying on crowdfunding efforts to stock their classrooms with both the mundane and sometimes big-ticket items.
Social Sciences
Sep 4, 2016
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Is anyone surprised that brushes with the law are often related to finances? As one jailed man interviewed in a new University of Illinois study put it, "Most of us are in here because of money."
Social Sciences
Aug 29, 2013
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In tough economic times it may be tempting to dip into or cut back on retirement savings. Even with the economy showing signs of recovery, people may consider reducing contributions to their 401(k) because their wages have ...
Economics & Business
Feb 7, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Against the backdrop of a nation obsessed with the debate on taxes, Cornell assistant professor of economics Maxim Troshkin and colleagues have completed a study that could help determine the ideal capital tax ...
Economics & Business
Jan 30, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Sons of fathers with high incomes tend to end up with higher than average incomes themselves, but new research shows that it's not just dad's money that helps a son on his way.
Social Sciences
Aug 29, 2012
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The recent excesses of Wall Street may be big news but behind the headlines there's another story: When it comes to men and women stockbrokers, someone is taking home a bigger paycheck.
Social Sciences
May 20, 2012
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To some of the men who earn as little as $100 a day to work inside Japan's Fukushima Daiichi, the plant at the centre of a year-old nuclear disaster is far from safe -- despite the official line.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 1, 2012
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With a January deadline looming on a US law mandating energy efficiency standards for lightbulbs, some political forces don't want to turn out the lights.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 26, 2011
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People paid by the hour exhibit a stronger relationship between income and happiness, according to a study published in the current issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (PSPB), the official journal of the Society ...
Social Sciences
Dec 10, 2009
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