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Research: Women Ask for Raises as Often as Men, but Are Less Likely to Get Them

Harvard Business Review

The seminal work by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever (with results published in 2003 and 2009 , and by Babcock and others in 2006 ) examined the behavior of MBA students, and found that among that cohort women were less likely to “ask.” We wondered if we might find a difference by education level.

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When Research Should Come with a Warning Label

Harvard Business Review

The researchers looked at systematic reviews conducted between 2006 and 2013. The PLoS researchers also did not include three reviews, two from 2006 and one from 2007 that did not find an association between sugared beverage consumption and weight and were not funded by industry. But what about peer review?

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The Ripple Effects of Parents Not Using Their Vacation Time

Harvard Business Review

Well, there’s longtitudinal, peer-reviewed research showing that the amount of time you spend with your kids doesn’t really matter. It’s the stress that hurts children, not the cause of that stress, according to the same peer-reviewed study. So what’s the problem?

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