How a boss’s psychopathic traits shape employee performance
A study of Belgian business leaders and their staff finds that while cold-hearted and impulsive bosses are linked to worse ...
Study finds Medicaid expansions prompted lenders to ease borrowing terms
A new study reveals that expanding Medicaid under the ACA increased credit card borrowing by 0.38% per percentage point of ...
Does remote work increase birth rates? Census data points to the opposite
Remote work is often pitched as an easy way to help families grow and reverse falling birth rates. An analysis ...
France cut the workweek to 35 hours to boost hiring, but new research suggests it failed
A study of France’s 35-hour workweek shows the policy failed to create jobs on its own. A 3.8% employment loss ...
The hidden psychology behind pro-company misconduct
Employees sometimes lie or bend the rules to help their company succeed. New research reveals how psychopathic personality traits and ...
Feeling buried in debt hurts living standards more than the actual math
A study of Polish borrowers finds that feeling over-indebted is more strongly linked to struggles affording everyday needs than actual ...
California’s proposed billionaire tax could cost the state billions more than it raises
A study by Stanford researchers finds that California's proposed 5% billionaire wealth tax could yield negative $38.9 billion in net ...
Sophisticated traders both fuel and calm the cryptocurrency herd
An analysis of 62 cryptocurrencies and over 112 million intraday trades reveals that investor herding peaks during calm, sluggish markets ...
People appreciate the exact same gift more when it comes from a plus-size woman
When evaluating a present, recipients look at more than just what is inside the box. New research shows how stereotypes ...
Newly unearthed records rewrite the history of North America’s basic income experiments
A re-analysis of historic North American basic income experiments, aided by newly digitized archival records, overturns decades of conventional wisdom ...