Working Even Just a Few Hours a Week Boosts Mental and Emotional Health
An innovative new study suggests that the benefits of employment should be shared widely, even in a future where jobs are scarce.
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Responsive Unions Help Make Work Feel More Meaningful
New research finds that the boons of union membership can extend beyond wages and benefits.
Empathy Is Too Much Work for Many of Us
New research finds that people avoid connecting emotionally with others out of a fear that it will be too draining.
Witty Women Are Less Likely to Get Promoted Than Men
A new report finds that using humor in the workplace raises the status of male employees but has the opposite effect for women.
The Communities Where Aging Populations Can Never Retire
Areas like Michigan's Alcona County offer a lesson for rural communities across the country that need to find a way to function with an aging population.
Who Actually Benefits From Ping-Pong in the Office? College-Educated Whites, Mostly.
A new NBER report finds that fringe perks hold greater appeal for white, college-educated workers, who are generally at a relative advantage in terms of wages.
Discrimination Leads Corporations to See Asian-American Executives as ‘Saviors’
New research reveals Asian Americans are more than twice as likely to be appointed chief executive if a company is in decline.
Why Our Families Can’t Afford America
A portrait of the stressed and shrinking American middle class.
Is the Gig Economy Growing or Shrinking?
A new BLS survey shows that the percentage of Americans employed in most types of alternative work arrangements has actually declined since 2005. But that report only tells half the story.
How Ban the Box Can Lead to Even More Racial Discrimination by Employers
On the question of whether preventing employers from asking about criminal history really leads to more equitable hiring practices, the evidence is disturbingly mixed.