Earnings inequality is rising at the biggest firms in the U.S., but average employee earnings across firms — not within them — accounts for most of the recent rise in earnings inequality.
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Are workplace recovery programs successful in helping people to quit abusing drugs and avoid relapsing? A growing field of research suggests the answer is yes, though their success may have
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Journalist and historian Garrett Graff, who has written extensively about special counsel Robert Mueller, offers insights to help reporters cover Mueller’s federal investigation and its main findings.
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How much of an edge do athletes and legacy students have in elite college admissions? How do they compare to other students academically? We’ve gathered research that looks at these questions and others.
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This collection of research looks at who on college campuses lacks access to food, especially health foods, and how going hungry can impact students’ grades and mental health.
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A new study of job ads suggests there’s a demand for journalists with expertise in areas such as audience analytics and computer programming and those with certain personality traits such as outgoingness.
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“These online spaces tend to attract the extremely polarized,” researcher Richard Violette said. “Those are the individuals that are the most vocal.”
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A case study comparing two community newspapers finds that the paper more focused on audience metrics published fewer stories about civic issues.
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Over one in ten households in the U.S. spends more than half their income on housing costs – a financial burden that takes a toll on health, too.
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For years, research has found that adults with children are less happy. A new study from scholars at Dartmouth College and the Paris School of Economics suggests the cost of raising them is to blame.
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