From the Portland State University press release: The higher a child’s family income, the more likely he or she is to feel control over their life, according to a new Portland State University study. Building…
From the Southern Methodist University press release: A low-budget field experiment to tackle the lack of women in the male-dominated field of economics has been surprisingly effective, says the study’s author, an economist at Southern…
From the University of Texas at Dallas press release: The nation’s 31 million children growing up in homes with low socioeconomic status have, on average, significantly smaller vocabularies compared with their peers. A new study…
From the Northwestern University press release: Researchers have cast doubt on a widely-held belief that connects family income with cognitive development, according to a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. A…
From the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville press release: Competition for non-monetary awards can have adverse effects on performance and may cause employees to “choke” under pressure, according to a new study by a University of Arkansas…
From the Yale University press release: Settling on a parenting style is challenging. Is it better to be strict or more lenient? Have helicopter parents found the right approach to guiding their children’s choices? A new…
From the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care press release: Female teenagers living in neighbourhoods with wide salary gaps and a low-income household show changes to their brain maturation that could indicate a higher risk of developing…
From the Case Western Reserve University press release: Even among people who had just joined a gym and expected to visit regularly, getting paid to exercise did little to make their commitment stick, according to a…
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: Do you know your country’s current inflation rate? What do you think it will be in the future? And how do you, personally, try to plan your finances…
From the Northwestern University press release: New studies from Northwestern University show that high school and college students from low socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds are much less motivated to overcome academic hardships when they have…