Study: "self-fulfilling prophecy" drives gender wage gap

A study of a large group of US workers finds that attitudes towards gender equality in the workplace correlate strongly with real earnings, suggesting the wage gap may result as much from internal expectations as external forces.

September 22, 2008 - 08:15PM CT - by John Timmer

Ecofriendly vs. traditional development: no tradeoff needed

An analysis of development projects funded by the World Bank shows that the ones that are implemented with environmental goals in mind perform just as well (or just as poorly) as the ones that strictly focus on development.

September 18, 2008 - 08:40PM CT - by John Timmer

BSA: pirated software taking cops off the street, costs jobs

The Business Software Alliance has had IDG conduct another piracy survey, this one focused on eight US states. The report attempts to shock everyone from their piratical ways by calculating the losses in unusual units: police officers taken off the street.

July 18, 2008 - 12:28PM CT - by John Timmer

US governors on climate change: "We have no time to lose."

The hundredth anniversary of a national conservation meeting called by Theodore Roosevelt brought officials from 18 states to sign a statement calling for federal action on climate change. Ars reports from the 2008 Conference of Governors on Climate Change.

April 20, 2008 - 08:00PM CT - by John Timmer

Making malware unprofitable: economics key to slowing hackers down

Two researchers take a look at blocking malware at the network level, and come to similar conclusions: it's hard, and getting harder. Our best bet may simply be to make our networks uneconomical targets for hackers.

November 20, 2007 - 09:49AM CT - by John Timmer

Amid gloom and doom, US tops list of world's most competitive economies

A new report from the World Economic Forum finds that the US is number one when it comes to economic competitiveness, despite years of naysaying and a falloff in IT usage and broadband deployment.

November 02, 2007 - 11:17AM CT - by Nate Anderson

Nobel Memorial Prize for economics awarded for work on mechanism design

Leonid Hurwicz, Eric Maskin, and Roger Myerson have won the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for their work on mechanism design, which is used to design auctions and markets with desirable outcomes.

October 16, 2007 - 12:04PM CT - by Justin Berka

iPod production truly a global affair

A new study takes a look at where the value of a 30GB iPod video is added, and the results are somewhat surprising.

June 28, 2007 - 10:12PM CT - by Justin Berka

"For sale by owner" web sites can generate higher prices than Realtors

Three economists have authored a new study that suggests that homeowners might get a better deal by selling their own homes online.

June 08, 2007 - 01:37PM CT - by Nate Anderson

Biotechs and the generic drug market

A new study by Duke economists suggests that biotech drug prices won't be lowered by the introduction of generics.

May 10, 2007 - 01:47PM CT - by Jonathan M. Gitlin

Economist: Where are all the Wiis?

The Wii is still incredibly hard to find, and economist Paul Kimmelman examines the situation surrounding the prolonged Wii drought.

April 20, 2007 - 09:02AM CT - by Frank Caron

The economics of pharmaceuticals and intellectual property

A Nobel Prize-winning economist evaluates the economics of drug development and decides that, for the good of humanity, there's got to be a better way.

December 27, 2006 - 05:32PM CT - by John Timmer

Maybe this math and science stuff isn't such a big deal after all

An analysis of the association between science and math achievement and economic growth suggests that any link between the two has existed only in the rapidly developing Asian economies.

November 21, 2006 - 10:13AM CT - by John Timmer

It's the economy, stupid

Fixing climate change might cost money, but nothing compared to what happens if we don't.

October 30, 2006 - 10:02AM CT - by Jonathan M. Gitlin

Emotion and economic theory

A new field is emerging and it may give us a realistic decision making model.

October 09, 2006 - 07:58AM CT - by Chris Lee