Why Disliking Inequality May Go Hand in Hand with Caring About the Planet
A new exploratory study finds that people who dislike being better off than others tend to hold stronger pro-environmental attitudes, ...
Tag: behavioral economics
Falling Behind Yourself: Perceived Decline in Wellbeing Predicts Suicidal Thoughts Better Than Income
A six-year study of nearly 15,000 South Koreans finds that perceived declines in personal wellbeing, amplified by loss aversion, predict ...
Ethiopia’s Billion-Tree Gamble: What Science Says About the Green Legacy Initiative
A new synthesis of 38 peer-reviewed studies finds Ethiopia's Green Legacy Initiative has delivered real ecological gains but faces persistent ...
Best–Worst Scaling Beats Ranking for Reliable Preference Measurement, Study Finds
New experiments show that best–worst scaling produces more consistent and more informative measurements of human preferences than traditional ranking tasks, ...
Depression and Social Standing May Not Dictate How We Punish Unfairness, Meta-Analysis Finds
A new systematic review and meta-analysis of eighteen studies finds that neither depression nor socioeconomic status reliably changes how people ...
Global Study Reveals When People See Inequality as Fair or Unfair
A survey of 65,000 people in sixty countries finds that people accept inequality far more readily when it stems from ...
Wealthy Drivers Behave Worse, Psychologist’s Research Earns Ig Nobel Economics Prize
UC Irvine psychologist Paul Piff and colleagues received the Ig Nobel Economics Prize for research showing that higher social class ...
Stress Rewires Money Choices Even Among High Earners, Study Finds
A study of high-income US adults found that greater perceived stress was associated with steeper delay and probability discounting for ...
Female Rats Work Harder for Fatty Treats, but Gut Microbes May Not Be the Reason
A behavioral economics study in rats finds that females place a higher value on palatable high-fat food than males, but ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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