Behavioral Scientist’s Research Lead Highlights of 2022
The Research Lead is a monthly digest connecting you to noteworthy academic and applied research from around the behavioral sciences. Here are our highlights from 2022.
The Research Lead is a monthly digest connecting you to noteworthy academic and applied research from around the behavioral sciences. Here are our highlights from 2022.
But it’s exhausting when you’re one of the only ones carrying that weight.
This moment could be a portal into a world where caregiving responsibilities are divided more equally between partners, where we value care work for what it actually is—the backbone of our entire economy.
A decade ago, giving money directly to those in poverty was seen as a radical idea. Today, that perception is shifting. But there are still unanswered questions about the effects of cash transfers when used at scale.
A new study explores whether using behavioral principles to distribute a basic income can more effectively combat child poverty.
How some are getting a new study of self-control wrong.
As it stands now, our system of higher education may do more to perpetuate inequality than to disrupt it.
People love “Rags to Riches” stories—those sanguine tales in which someone who grew up in poverty manages to become extremely wealthy and professionally successful.
When considering poverty, our national conversation tends to overlook systemic causes. Instead, we often blame the poor for their poverty.
Can behavioral science help end poverty? We think so, and we have a few ideas.