Higher unemployment insurance benefits not only lowers the likelihood that an unemployed person will become self-employed, but it also extends the length of time before they transition to self-employment, according to new ...
Economics & Business
Apr 1, 2022
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In the nineteenth century, Javanese peasants were forced to work on plantations for low wages. This was an economic success, but at the cost of a large number of lives, reveals a study conducted by Pim de Zwart, Daniel Gallardo-Albarrán ...
Economics & Business
Dec 21, 2021
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A competitor is usually just one click away, so how to companies make their websites stickier and so retain their potential buyers and persuade them to make a purchase? Writing in the International Journal of Technology Marketing, ...
Economics & Business
Dec 3, 2021
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Critics claim environmental regulations hurt productivity and profits, but the reality is more nuanced, according to an analysis of environmental policies in China by a pair of Cornell economists.
Environment
Feb 22, 2021
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Very few people look forward to the negotiations that are part of the car-buying experience. Consumers often think the car salesperson is giving them a high price that they'll have to negotiate down. But new research from ...
Economics & Business
Oct 30, 2020
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In the U.S., where the curve of infections has not yet flattened since the beginning of the pandemic, 158,000 people have died from COVID-19 already. And despite the choice by all US states to gradually ease lockdown from ...
Mathematics
Aug 11, 2020
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New research has found companies cutting corners on workplace safety to boost short-term financial gains is rife.
Social Sciences
Apr 22, 2020
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A great deal of research on agriculture in Africa is organised around the premise that intensification can take smallholder farmers out of poverty. The emphasis in programming often focuses on technologies that increase farm ...
Environment
Dec 11, 2019
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New research from The ANU shows Twitter data can be used to give more accurate profit forecasts for companies in the consumer sector.
Economics & Business
Aug 30, 2019
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At the start of each term in Brian Soebbing's class on financial management in sports, he asks students how many would always bet on the hometown Edmonton Oilers, whether they're favored to win or not.
Social Sciences
Aug 20, 2019
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