Active investors take up some — but not all — of the slack created by index funds
Many assume salary transparency will benefit employees, but research suggests downsides, too
A clue that parents prefer a son: They have more kids when their firstborn is a girl
Magali Delmas proposes a “green bundle,” combining environmental good with product traits — quality, healthiness, performance, status — that have always sold
Using parish records, researchers examine fundamental changes in society following the French Revolution
Research tracking Florida siblings helps isolate the impact
History’s Encyclopédie subscribers are matched to grievances against the monarchy
Companies that take longer than expected to announce results may be buying time for accounting tricks
Compulsory education ‘homogenizes’ population, can stave off democracy
Phony posts are largely very short-term campaigns
Also: Why some civilizations grew enormously, artificial intelligence and stock prices, and what moves home prices in Boise
Firm-specific export data enables researchers to potentially solve a puzzle in economics
Do for-profit supermarket chains tolerate higher-priced co-ops?
Plus: Food delivery apps and traffic collisions; COVID-19 treatments — new or old; what does voluntary disclosure say about overall greenhouse gas emissions?
But white men, seeing African American women employed, don’t react so favorably
New research suggests increased risk of illness and death in middle age, on top of longer-lasting income penalty