In Germany, kids from better-off families still grow up slightly taller
New research tracking thousands of German students finds that children from wealthier, better-educated families grow slightly faster and end up...
Read moreDetailsA simple anti-fraud step that 62% of investors ignore
Only 38% of U.S. retail investors have named a trusted contact for fraud alerts. A new study finds financial literacy...
Read moreDetailsFinancial chores take minutes a day but deliver outsized stress, study finds
New research using American Time Use Survey data finds that financial tasks take just 8.3 minutes a day on average...
Read moreDetailsHow the language of finance shapes its moral reputation
A new experiment finds that jargon-heavy descriptions of financial products make readers view those products as more morally problematic, even...
Read moreDetailsHow a regional bank measured the “mental tax” of financial decisions
A field experiment with 600 elderly bank customers in China tested whether AI-generated messages could reduce the mental effort of...
Read moreDetailsMinimum wage hikes don’t crush small business profits, tax-records study finds
A study using the universe of U.S. tax returns finds independent businesses absorb minimum wage hikes through higher revenue, not...
Read moreDetailsResearchers tested whether peer pressure drives debt. The answer was messier than expected.
A lab experiment designed to untangle why peers influence borrowing found the opposite of what researchers expected: when choices were...
Read moreDetailsHow accurate are AI patent counts? A new tool suggests the standard measure misses most of them
A new classifier for AI patents finds the standard USPTO tool misses most real AI inventions. Applied to U.S. and...
Read moreDetailsThe words brands use in marketing games can shape how consumers feel about them
New research examines how the language brands use in gamified marketing campaigns may shape consumer attitudes, and why feeling close...
Read moreDetailsCan an algorithm judge a future leader? A large-scale test of AI scoring in hiring simulations
A new study tests whether an AI trained on 33 million words of leadership assessments can match human experts at...
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