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Oct 17

How ‘ban the box’ policies unintentionally cause discrimination against these workers

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A new paper concludes that ban-the-box policies actually reduce work opportunities for young, low-skilled black and Hispanic men with clean records.

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Oct 03

How a legal ivory sale increased smuggling and elephant poaching

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The production of black market elephant ivory expanded by an estimated 66 percent following a one-time legal sale in 2008, a new study shows.

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Sep 23

Air pollution takes its toll on productivity even for those with desk jobs

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Even in a job where employees' only physical exertion involves answering the phone, air pollution takes its toll on productivity.

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Sep 12

How banks target less savvy borrowers with visual distractions and hidden fees

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There are substantial differences in the credit card offers that banks extend to different potential customers.

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Aug 22

Medicaid expansion under Obamacare has improved financial health of low-income Americans

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Extension of Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act has not only shielded low-income Americans from out-of-pocket medical costs, but has also improved their overall financial health.

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Aug 12

How your social network influences housing price fluctuations

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The housing market experiences of a person's friends can have large effects on that person's housing market beliefs and housing investment decisions, even if these friends live far away.

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Aug 08

Why life expectancy for black men fell following the infamous Tuskegee experiment

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Disclosure of the Tuskegee syphilis study in 1972 coincided with increases in not only medical mistrust, but also mortality among black males.

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Aug 01

Why do so many investors believe trouble lies ahead?

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Researchers find that media coverage of adverse market outcomes is correlated with investor crash beliefs.

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Jul 11

New evidence challenges conventional story of the Dust Bowl migrants

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Huge swaths of the Southern Great Plains were devastated in this human and environmental disaster of the 1930s. But did events really unfold as the popular account suggests? New evidence challenges conventional wisdom.

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Jul 06

How ‘gambler’s fallacy’ affects your decision-making

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A bias against deciding the same way in successive situations can affect whether a foreigner is deported, a business gets a loan or a batter strikes out.

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