If the boss is your friend, and compensation decisions are public, a bonus you’d get on merit might not be forthcoming
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
In certain competitive situations, cost transparency can provide an edge
Raising the crop is a communal project, more so than the work of wheat farmers, who’re less attuned to feelings of others
Digital identity used in nearly every realm of life
Nudges already proven to work in the real-world increased uptake of COVID-19 boosters; nudges based on lab findings and expert insights, not so much
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
The true meaning of a bailout, how pay transparency works and whether to take that meeting or not
Phony posts are largely very short-term campaigns
Do for-profit supermarket chains tolerate higher-priced co-ops?