For the first time, researchers have identified a biological basis for financial exploitation in older adults. Nathan Spreng, assistant professor of human development in the College of Human Ecology, led the effort.
ILR School Professor John M. Abowd will join the U.S. Census Bureau as associate director for research and methodology and chief scientist, Census Bureau Director John H. Thompson announced Dec. 10.
Sociologist Tom Hirschl says poverty may be best understood in a relative sense – that is, looking at how people stack up against each other, as opposed to against a specific income standard.
A $10 million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to the Center for the Study of Inequality supports new research and educational opportunities on the causes and consequences of inequality.
A new Cornell study finds that students' exposure to a duty-to-bargain law while in elementary and secondary school lowers their future earnings and leads to fewer hours worked.
No matter how neglected the child, there’s still hope – at least for prairie voles. That’s the message of a new study from a Cornell psychologist that could have implications for human well-being.
At Cornell's version of TEDx Talks – CURBx – seven undergraduate students explained their humanities and STEM research in five-minute presentations Nov. 21 in McGraw Hall.
A study co-authored by Cornell's Richard Burkhauser contends that the overall life evaluation of citizens drops as the share of income held by the top 1 percent of the population increases.
In research that could have implications in the business world, experts found that firefighter platoons who eat meals together have better group job performance compared to firefighters who dine solo.