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“#Productivity could be improved by a permanent shift towards remote working, research shows” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Nine out of ten employees who have worked at home during lockdown would like to continue doing so in some capacity, research suggests. The report, by academics at Cardiff University and the University of Southampton, presents the first…
“#Study finds income, job rut for millions in U.S.” Mortgages going underwater in particular, and amid the pandemic economic crisis, home ownership in general, may constrain job mobility and income, a new Olin Business School study finds. Credit: Shutterstock At a time when evictions and mortgage defaults have been likened to an oncoming tsunami across America,…
“#No, we won’t change the corporate world with divestment and boycotts” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Boe Pahari’s short reign as boss of AMP’s lucrative investment management division and the resignations this week of AMP chairman David Murray and board member John Fraser have shown the power of major shareholders in public companies. There was, you…
“#When several lines are better than one” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Everyone knows the existential dread that comes along with standing in line for what seems like an eternity. But new research by Wharton operations, information and decisions professor Hummy Song, Guillaume Roels from INSEAD and Mor Armony from New York University’s Stern School of…
“#Terms in Seattle-area rental ads reinforce neighborhood segregation” These word clouds show how certain terms dominate Seattle-area rental ads, based on neighborhood. Credit: Rebecca Gourley/University of Washington A new University of Washington study of thousands of local rental ads finds a pattern of “racialized language” that can perpetuate neighborhood segregation, using specific terms to describe…
“#Ads may not provide benefits companies say they do” Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Roughly a quarter of US Internet users today use ad-blocking software, and those numbers continue to grow. Many find online ads annoying and disruptive to their browsing experience, while others have security and privacy concerns. To push back, the online advertising industry…
“#China’s economic slowdown may hurt global oil market, says expert” Credit: 123rf.com/Rice University A slowdown in China’s demand for oil would profoundly affect the multitrillion-dollar global oil market along with many related industries, according to a new brief from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. “A sustained slowdown in China’s oil demand growth is,…
“#Five ways to support new parents returning to work during the pandemic” Credit: Evgeny Atamanenko/Shutterstock Returning to work after having a baby is highly taxing under normal circumstances, but it’s especially tough now. Returning parents currently face a triple whammy of readjusting to work, sorting out childcare and coping with pandemic-related restrictions that weren’t there…
“#How men and women network impacts their labor market performance” A new paper in The Economic Journal, published by Oxford University Press, develops a theory of how people’s social network structure impacts productivity and earnings. While large and loosely connected networks lead to better access to information, smaller and tighter networks lead to more peer…
“#Economic hardship from COVID-19 will hit minority seniors the most” Credit: The Conversation For Americans 60 and older, COVID-19 is widespread and deadly. Its economic impact could also be devastating. With a recession fast developing, much of the attention on the downturn focuses on working-age adults, but many older Americans—with less time to make up…