The Racial Tipping Point
…study co-authored by the world’s leading number cruncher on tipping, Michael Lynn, has found a similar effect in a Southern restaurant. His article, “Consumer Racial Discrimination in Tipping: A Replication…
…study co-authored by the world’s leading number cruncher on tipping, Michael Lynn, has found a similar effect in a Southern restaurant. His article, “Consumer Racial Discrimination in Tipping: A Replication…
…them seem to be similar in accuracy — and most people won’t alter their plans based on a couple degrees of temperature. Rather, all of our stations did not do…
After the Supreme Court’s abortion decision, doctors in some states are concerned that delivering treatment could put them in legal jeopardy. Bapu Jena looks at how the practice of “defensive…
…at Georgetown Law, authored a new paper looking at what that delegation costs the workers of industrial slaughterhouses. She argues that prolonged work on a kill floor exposes workers to…
…by the saying, “cheaper, thinner, faster and, of course, more features.” For example, just look at the parade of L.C.D. televisions over the last few years, or digital cameras or…
In Argentina, buying a pack of gum can throw you into a standoff with the cashier, who, due to the country’s coin shortage, often lacks the correct change. Facing similar…
Meterologists at Colorado State University expect the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season to be an unusually active one. If that sounds familiar, it should. The team made a similar forecast for…
…same way, etc. The equilibrium is independence for all. I noticed a similar thing when looking at pictures of job candidates from a certain graduate program. Some of them had…
…richer, they tend to get happier. Moreover, each of these facts seems to suggest a roughly similar relationship between income and happiness. What explains these new findings? The key turns…
…simply noted that most of the data was inside the shaded band. But looking more closely, in three of the five cases we get statistically significant effects, and in no…
What’s worse: shame, guilt, or humiliation? Does Angela have psychopathic tendencies? And where’s the worst place to sit at a magic show?…
…Europe) has expanded to include more countries. We have analyzed this broader sample of countries, finding roughly similar conclusions. Now, let’s turn to Japan, which is arguably the most interesting…
Is it O.K. to bother people for a good cause? Why do people donate to charity in the first place? And do those personalized address labels actually make people get…
…recent book The Future of Reputation, Solove, an associate professor of law at George Washington University, explains why even someone with virtually no online footprint can suffer a similar fate…
…people’s average tax rates, finding that he paid the lowest share. Here’s a thought: Why not run a similar survey in your own office, or among your circle of friends?…
Are we all either secure, avoidant, or anxious? How does your relationship with your parents shape your romantic partnerships? And what is Stephen’s attachment style?
…happier than liberals. But I also noted that religion and other lifestyle distinctions still only explain about half the gap. In this post, I’ll look at the role of divergent…
Some of them are. With others, it’s more complicated (and more promising). We try to get past the Bored Apes and the ripoffs to see if we can find art…
…Women’s Issues.” She looks at members in the House of Representatives and looks to see whether their voting patterns change. She provides interesting evidence that, “conditional on total number of…
Why are humans so eager for magic-bullet solutions? Can you explain how a pen works? And how does Angela feel about being forever branded “the grit lady”?…
…suppressant called SLIM Shots read about Seth’s work, but their premise sure seems similar: SLIM Shots is 100 percent natural — safe and suitable for everyone. SLIM Shots contains a…
For Black men, the barbershop is a neighborhood hub. It could also be a place for them to get medical care. Plus: What happens to patients when affirmative action ends?…
…in Venice is doing something similar for subprime victims. Any other instances of recession discounts? Addendum: Apparently Gray’s Papaya has been offering their discount for a few years — pessimism…
…a 2003 survey of members of the A.E.A., and roughly similar to results from 1989 and 1997 National Surveys of Faculty. A survey of 2,000 U.S.-based members of the A.E.A….
…over twenty-five years ago, I was amazed that creationism was still taken seriously, and assumed that it would blow over. It never did, of course. I can’t help but look…
…Menzel.) Q: Which table in the book is yours most similar to? A: Our table probably looks most like the Mendoza family table in Guatemala; covered in fresh fruits and…
When online anger turned to offline violence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, the big social media companies responded by kicking some users — including the president himself —…
Ideas are currency. This couldn’t be more true in academia, where it’s the job of researchers to think of questions and, hopefully, find answers. Bapu talks with economists Steve Levitt…
…adopted this saying, substituting socialiste for republicain.” But I was delighted to find that John Adams had expressed a similar idea well before Guizot entered adulthood. Thomas Jefferson preserved this…
…video. (If you don’t have the patience for watching video, you can just look at Murphy’s PowerPoints.) It is vintage Kevin Murphy. He says that he can’t remember much from…
