Dee Gill

Writer

About

Dee Gill specializes in translating scholarly and technical research into material aimed at broader audiences. Her articles have appeared in publications for the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and other institutions. Formerly, she worked as a freelance writer for the Wall Street Journal, Time magazine, The Economist and the New York Times, and as a foreign correspondent in London for AP/Dow Jones News. Gill works from St. Petersburg, Florida.

A screenshot of a KFF News article Research Brief / Health Care

How Medical Device Makers Reacted to Publication of a Once-Secret Database of Millions of Adverse Events

New product filings to FDA included stronger safety features and larger technological advances

Mature businesswoman taking an interview of man over the wooden desk in office Research Brief / Negotiations

Most Job Seekers Skip Negotiation — and Pay a High Price

Even in lucrative fields, candidates leave money on the table by taking the first offer

Illustration of an overbearing boss in color in the center with his office staff in black and white, three on each side of him Research Brief / Behavioral Decision Making

Is Telling the World of Your Success Worth Five Times Your Private Knowledge of It?

The difficulties of study design in a braggy culture where few readily admit to bragging

A man and woman play chess while a crowd watches Feature / Bias

Unflattering Facts Don’t Dent Positive Self-Assessments 

People rate selves better than average, even faced with objective data to the contrary

A pop-up that allows a user to turn off tracking on an app. Research Brief / Advertising

Barred From Stalking Us Across the Internet, Returns for Some Advertisers Plummet

Small businesses hit particularly hard when Apple made it easy to opt out of app tracking

You Have Received Payment to bank account wording on list of incoming sms notifications on smartphone screen, money deposit message, close-up Feature / Behavioral Economics

Workers Increasingly Can Tap Earnings Throughout the Week, No Waiting for Payday

Programs make it easier to hire and retain workers; the convenience is typically not free

Illustration of an artificial Intelligence robot replacing the work of a man who is walking away from his desk caring a box of his belongings.. Research Brief / AI

Your Remote Job May Help AI Replace You

Firms that embraced remote work early are adopting AI faster and relying on new remote hires less than peers that didn’t

Anesthetist checking the ECG machine during an operation in a hospital Research Brief / Health Care

A Major Medical Center Gets a Cheaper, Fairer Way to Assign Doctors

Model tells schedulers which anesthesiologists should be on call or on-site at specific times

Young white man and woman, sitting on a couch facing each other Research Brief / Gender

Do Men Listen to Their Wives?

Study suggests husbands, unlike wives, don’t retain information spouses pass along

Close-up of Medicare Health Insurance Card Research Brief / Health Care

Medicare’s Money-Saving Treatment Caps Leave Some Patients Behind

Paperwork issues at physical therapy providers curtail care more often for minority and low-income patients

Woman working from home at standing desk Research Brief / Employment

Tech Workers Take Much Lower Pay to Ditch the Office

Offers of remote work far more valuable to job seekers than employers seem to understand

A full aisle in a supermarket. Research Brief / Pricing

How an Accounting Change Hit Store Prices

Consumer goods got costlier as manufacturers moved to avoid new revenue recognition rules

A glass jar filled with change and dollar bills with a white label that reads "tips." Research Brief / Consumer Behavior

As Tipping Booms Online, How Can Platforms Maximize Their Take?

A conundrum: When others’ tips are visible, users make larger tips to keep up. But they tip more often when tips aren’t displayed online

A young Caucasian male employee goofing off and being unproductive in his office when he should be working. He is in the process of trying to balance a pencil on his nose. Research Brief / 

Noncompetes Help Acquiring Companies Retain Workers, But Productivity Falls

Innovators held by contracts produce fewer patents for new owners, study suggests