Being stigmatized by stereotype feeds anxiety and depletes self-control
Biases around race, nation-of-origin and disability are small compared to the preference for helping the diligent
Researchers take on the difficult job of isolating for-profit prisons from a host of other factors
A 12-month high in local unemployment triggers savings behavior
Also: income tax refugees from California, where to find the next CEO and inviting older people into clinical trials
Airbnb hosts seem to prosper more than Uber drivers
Employing a distinct part of the brain, they’re better at imagining a distant future and seeing others’ points of view
A scan of a million brokerage accounts finds the wealthy trade ahead of market-moving news
Active investors take up some — but not all — of the slack created by index funds
What your genome says about college completion, and how likely a crash is after a credit boom
Immigrants show saving tendencies that carry through several generations
In connection with funding, typically; those chasing money abroad tend to raise a lot more of it
Researchers find common warning signs in persuasion projects that went wrong
Many assume salary transparency will benefit employees, but research suggests downsides, too
If the boss is your friend, and compensation decisions are public, a bonus you’d get on merit might not be forthcoming
A clue that parents prefer a son: They have more kids when their firstborn is a girl