Not exact matches
Companies such as Uber and Instacart stand to save a ton of money on labor costs —
up to 40 percent, according to one
study — by continuing to classify their workers as independent contractors rather
than as employees.
However, our
study found that Baby Boomers (age 53 - 70) make
up 24 percent of the on - demand workforce, while GenX's (age 35 - 52) actually make
up a greater percentage (41 percent)
than Millennials aged 18 - 34 (35 percent).
According to a Yale
study conducted by U.S. economist Daniel Hamermesh, attractive men can earn 9 percent more
than their average - looking colleagues, while attractive women could see a bump of
up to 4 percent.
Study after study shows that you'll more than make up for the time you lose snoozing with your increased productivity after you wak
Study after
study shows that you'll more than make up for the time you lose snoozing with your increased productivity after you wak
study shows that you'll more
than make
up for the time you lose snoozing with your increased productivity after you wake
up.
These
studies make
up more
than 10 % of GSK's worldwide clinical - testing operations.
«
Studies show that it can help clear
up acne better
than other methods and slow down bone thinning,» said Dr. Wider.
The
study found that nearly 40 percent of small business owners who didn't know their business credit score anticipated growth of less
than 5 percent, while nearly three quarters who did, envisioned growth of
up to 20 percent.
According to a recent
study from Kaiser, to make
up for the loss of CSR payments, insurers would have to jack
up the price of premiums by an average of 19 % more
than the current projected increase for 2018.
According to an April
study from Kaiser, to make
up for the loss of CSR payments, insurers would have to raise premiums by an average of 19 % more
than the current projected increase for 2018.
A multi-year
study from Syncapse shows that brands» social media fans spend
up to 190 $ more annually on their products
than non-fans.
Jessica Vaughan, director of policy
studies for the nonprofit Center for Immigration Studies think tank, told Polis's local paper The Daily Camera that «there is a much stronger case» for Start - up Visas than, say, for expanding guest worker programs or family - based immigration, both of which are included in the larger refor
studies for the nonprofit Center for Immigration
Studies think tank, told Polis's local paper The Daily Camera that «there is a much stronger case» for Start - up Visas than, say, for expanding guest worker programs or family - based immigration, both of which are included in the larger refor
Studies think tank, told Polis's local paper The Daily Camera that «there is a much stronger case» for Start -
up Visas
than, say, for expanding guest worker programs or family - based immigration, both of which are included in the larger reform bill.
Today, 23 percent of women earn more
than their husbands,
up from 4 percent who did in 1960, according to a Pew Research Center
study released this week.
According to a host of new
studies outlined in a recent PsyBlog post and elsewhere, dreamers who come
up with great ideas often also display some less
than initially endearing qualities.
A recent BMO
study found that in 2013, Canadian moms and dads were willing to fork out more
than $ 425 to get their kid ready for the classroom,
up 18 % over the previous year's figure.
In fact, a recent
study undertaken by the Blackbox seed accelerator found that many tech start -
ups failed because they focused more on their product
than on their potential customers.
Studies that involve divvying
up money, for example, have shown that subjects would irrationally rather walk away empty - handed
than feel they were cheated out of their fair share.
This notion was
studied extensively by Eliyahu Goldratt, an Israeli physicist turned management guru who defined the Theory of Constraints, which can be summed
up by the ancient adage that no chain is stronger
than its weakest link.
But the company is hoping to give those investors a boost through a sort of mathematical illusion: A recent
study of Acorn's customers found that people were much more likely to agree to set aside $ 5 per day
than $ 150 per month, even though they'd end
up contributing the same amount either way.
That more recent
study of people 95 to 100 also found that its participants — in addition to being generally more easy - going and extroverted
than average — also tended to laugh frequently and express their emotions openly with one another, as opposed to bottling them
up.
A TD
study last spring found that a 10 % bump in crude prices was enough to nudge the country's entire GDP
up by more
than $ 5 billion.
Since 2006, it's been conducting the Global RepTrak Pulse
study that sizes
up the relative respect and affection commanded by the globe's biggest companies, a task that involves polling more
than 85,000 consumers (the interviews ended in mid-April).
But to every rule there is an exception, and glad I was to be called out (and called
up) by the founder and CEO of one mobile - health company whose entire premise is based on scientific research with repeatable results — the exact
study, in fact, I had used as my example of what works better
than a health app.
Right now, that data is locked
up in electronic health records, which tend to be organized to help bill insurers, rather
than detail, say, the rate at which the tumor is shrinking, in a way that could be pulled out for a
study.
After performing the same happiness - inducing activities, the people who signed
up for the happiness
study — the group Lyubomirsky saw as more «motivated» to become happier — gained more from the
study than those who signed
up for the other exercise.
A
study from the Penn Wharton Budget Model in October estimated that Trump's tax cuts would boost GDP by 1.12 % and push jobs
up by 11.7 million more
than what would have been expected without his plan by 2018.
But now, most LED bulbs cost less
than $ 10 and
studies have shown that LED bulbs are
up to 10 times more energy efficient and last
up to 50 times longer
than the incandescent bulbs.
In fact, 29 percent of millennials are saving more
than 10 percent of their incomes, according to a recent Bankrate
study,
up from 22 percent in the year earlier.
They point to a 2012
study that found drivers are more willing to pick
up hitchhikers holding flowers, and a 2005
study that found «people receiving flowers initiate conversation more frequently or stand closer to others
than those who did not receive them.»
Besides identifying the most effective opening phrase, it turns out the
study also examined the closing phrases people often use, and came
up with a best practice there, too: a simple three - word phrase that prompted a much higher response rate
than other, more common closings.
While no
study is going to find you can master Beethoven or calculus by kicking back with your feet
up all the time (sorry), new research is finding that rest plays a larger role in memory
than your nagging mother or exasperated music teacher ever imagined.
CNBC ran a
study using analytics tool Kensho to find Dow Jones industrial average stocks that held
up the best when the Cboe Volatility index, or VIX, pops more
than 5 percent in one day.
In a
study released in May by the University of Castilla la Mancha, Spain, researchers analyzed the make
up and results of more
than 4,000 R&D teams around the world and found that gender diverse groups can lead to greater creativity and better decisions.
One Australian
study found that micro-breaks — that is, getting
up and moving every 15 minutes — were perhaps more valuable
than taking long breaks.
The
study ultimately determined that other traits, like intelligence and conscientiousness, were more important for seizing leadership
than extroversion — but smart introverts shouldn't celebrate just yet: even if they are bright, their peers won't recognize it until they speak
up.
Students graduating from for - profit colleges end
up making less money
than before they walked down that stage to get their diplomas, according to a new
study.
«Although jade eggs are slightly different
than traditional kegels, goop is
up front about the fact that there are no scientific
studies proving or disproving the effectiveness of a jade egg,» a rep said in a statement.
A new
study, which analyzed more
than 20,000 conversations on Reddit, found fairness showed
up in nearly 80 % of conversations in topics from business to politics.
Sandberg peppers the book with
studies, reports and personal anecdotes to back
up her premise — that for reasons both in and out of their control, there are fewer woman leaders
than men in the business world and beyond.
A striking 46 percent of renters ages 25 to 34 — the core of the millennial population — spend more
than 30 percent of their incomes on rent,
up from 40 percent a decade earlier, according to a report by Harvard University's Joint Center of Housing
Studies.
In a follow -
up study, researchers noted uniform sizes and observed that drivers were more prone to sudden death by heart attack
than conductors — regardless of physique.
So how do you ensure you're engaged in success - enabling
study rather
than procrastination dressed
up as learning?
Both
studies found that until Americans hit the latter retirement years, when health care expenses tend to scale
up, they're spending far less
than 85 % of their pre-retirement income, on average.
They spread
up to 190 times more of a noninfectious test virus used in the
study than the other methods.
And, considering that nearly half of employers (44 percent)
studied (in a 2015 Careerbuilder survey of more
than 2,000 U.S. hiring and HR managers) said they would think twice before moving an employee who gossips
up the ranks, such office chitchat does more harm
than good, right?
Late - nighters are not going to dig on this, but according to a University of Toronto
study, early risers are happier and healthier
than people who like to stay
up late.
Narr's
study also found kids with broader friend groups tended to grow
up with higher rates of social anxiety
than kids with smaller numbers of closer friends.
I ate
up studies (from Facebook and others) that argued the site actually encouraged a certain kind of information diversity, because your Facebook friends are likely drawn from a wider group of people (the guy you went to middle school with, your mom's neighbor, that rando you met that weekend at the beach)
than the people you discuss news with in real life.
It $ ™ s no secret that the bring - your - own - device trend opens
up new possibilities for employees and the businesses they work for, and a
study by communications giant BT finds that more
than 80 percent of IT managers think enterprises can gain a competitive advantage by implementing a BYOD program.
A
study finds more
than half of American women would rather give
up sex
than their mobile devices.
The
study showed that while demand for pesticide and GMO - free food is
up 20 per cent a year in Canada, more
than 90 per cent of organics come from the U.S. or overseas.