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Do Workers Value Non-traditional Work Arrangements in the United States?

Employees may value alternative work arrangements like flexible scheduling and working from home and dislike schedules that vary from week to week on short notice. However, there is little evidence on how much these alternative work arrangements actually matter to employees. Researchers gave US job...

The Effect of Higher Credit Card Interest Rates on Borrowers' Demand and Debt in the UK

Gyöngyi Lóránth
Researchers studied the effects of a credit card interest rate increase among low-income subprime borrowers in the UK to assess its impact on credit card demand, overall indebtedness, and borrowers’ ability to pay. They found that following the rate hike, subprime borrowers who appeared to be more...