People Prefer Round Numbers – Even When It May Cost Them Money
Study shows people prefer monthly payments in multiples of $100, even when it may cost them money. Do you have a monthly car payment, or…
Economics
Women Have to Be Likable, and Men Don’t – New Study Shows Why
A new study in The Economic Journal finds that likability is an influencing factor in interactions between women, as well as interactions between men and women,…
Harvard Research Shows For Life Expectancy, Money Matters
New research from Harvard University shows that being poor in the United States is hazardous to your health, revealing that the average life expectancy of…
Pharmaceutical Firms “Underinvest” in Long-Term Cancer Research
A newly published study from MIT and the University of Chicago reveals that pharmaceutical firms “underinvest” in long-term research to develop new cancer-fighting drugs due…
American Obesity Costs the Nation Billions in Lost Productivity
A new study from Yale University provides state-level estimates of obesity-attributable costs of absenteeism among working adults in the United States, finding that the total…
Happier People Earn More Money
New research indicates that happier people actually earn more money. This comes as a result of a study of 10,000 Americans that showed that those…
Warming Affects Economic Growth in Developing Nations
A new study from scientists at MIT examined how temperature increases affect economic growth in developing nations, finding that for every 1-degree-Celsius increase, over the…