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- Large shares of consumers use social media out of a fear of missing out https://bfi.uchicago.edu/insight/research-summary/when-product-markets-become-collective-traps-the-case-of-social-media/ 145 comments
- Electoral College and Election Fraud https://bfi.uchicago.edu/insight/research-summary/electoral-college-and-election-fraud/ 41 comments
- The strange and awful path of productivity in the US construction sector https://bfi.uchicago.edu/insight/finding/the-strange-and-awful-path-of-productivity-in-the-us-construction-sector/ 410 comments
- Work from home and productivity: evidence from personnel and analytics data [pdf] https://bfi.uchicago.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/BFI_WP_2021-56.pdf 80 comments
- Lifetime Earnings in the United States over Six Decades https://bfi.uchicago.edu/insight/research-summary/lifetime-earnings-in-the-united-states-over-six-decades/ 75 comments
- Work from Home and Productivity https://bfi.uchicago.edu/working-paper/2021-56/ 130 comments
- How many jobs can be done at home? [pdf] https://bfi.uchicago.edu/wp-content/uploads/BFI_White-Paper_Dingel_Neiman_3.2020.pdf 135 comments
- Fiscal Rules, Austerity in Public Administration, and Political Accountability: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Colombia | BFI https://bfi.uchicago.edu/insight/research-summary/fiscal-rules-austerity-in-public-administration-and-political-accountability-evidence-from-a-natural-experiment-in-colombia/ 2 comments economics
- [Serious] An examination of the cryptocurrency pump and dump ecosystem by Hamrick et al. A review and a discussion on how to identify pump and dump schemes. https://bfi.uchicago.edu/wp-content/uploads/Gandal-Neil-etal-An-examination-of-the-cryptocurrency-pump-and-dump-ecosystem.pdf 18 comments cryptocurrency
- US Construction worker productivity has dropped 40% in the last 50 years https://bfi.uchicago.edu/insight/finding/the-strange-and-awful-path-of-productivity-in-the-us-construction-sector/ 232 comments economics
- Legalized abortion estimated to have reduced crime in the U.S. by 45% since the early 90s https://bfi.uchicago.edu/wp-content/uploads/BFI_WP_201975.pdf 48 comments economics
- Most Salvardorans have already stopped using Bitcoin https://bfi.uchicago.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/BFI_WP_2022-54.pdf 21 comments cryptocurrency
- Meta-analysis suggests "water treatment should be a priority for policymakers aiming to improve child health" https://bfi.uchicago.edu/working-paper/2022-26/ 7 comments science
- Noise, Cognitive Function, and Worker Productivity - A 10 dB (breathing) increase in ambient noise reduce worker productivity by 5%, but workers appear not to perceive the difference. https://bfi.uchicago.edu/working-paper/noise-cognitive-function-and-worker-productivity/ 13 comments programming
- Sixty-eight percent of unemployed workers will receive benefits which exceed lost earnings https://bfi.uchicago.edu/insight/blog/ui-calculator/ 26 comments wallstreetbets
- Study shows hannity watchers died at a higher per capita rate during fox news misinformation campaign https://bfi.uchicago.edu/working-paper/2020-44/ 21 comments science
- Two cable news shows originally took very different stances on coronavirus risks. “Results indicate a one standard deviation increase in relative viewership of Hannity relative to Carlson is associated with approximately 30% more COVID-19 cases on March 14, and 21% more COVID-19 deaths on March 28” https://bfi.uchicago.edu/wp-content/uploads/bfi_wp_202044.pdf 26 comments science
- University of Chicago economist Erik Hurst finds that many young American men are voluntarily unemployed... and HAPPY about it. https://bfi.uchicago.edu/news/scholar-profile/faculty-spotlight-erik-hurst 6 comments economy