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Pay, networks and how opportunity moves through work.
Can a four-day week preserve productivity?
Self-selected pilot reports found no clear revenue loss as hours fell, but productivity was rarely measured, so they cannot promise universal output.
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Does mentorship improve early-career outcomes?
Randomized programs improved new-hire productivity and some STEM outcomes; a 2026 workshop changed belonging, not publication or advancement.
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Do job referrals widen opportunity gaps?
A randomized employee program reduced attrition and labor costs, but incentives changed referrals and hiring or promotion gaps remain unresolved.
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Do names still change job callback rates?
Across 83,000+ U.S. applications, Black-name contact rates were 2.1 points lower than White-name rates; a Finnish replication found uneven change by 2024.
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Does pay transparency narrow gender pay gaps?
Pay gaps narrowed after salary disclosure in Canadian universities and Danish firms, but not after salary reports in Austria or a request right in Germany.
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Does working from home improve performance?
Field trials range from an 18% decline to a 13% gain; hybrid work was neutral, while one office day monthly raised calls per hour in June 2026.
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Were the weakest LinkedIn ties best for finding a new job?
Randomized LinkedIn experiments found larger marginal job-transmission estimates for moderately weak ties, with nonlinear and platform-specific results.
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Which social connection best predicts upward mobility?
Across US counties, economic connectedness was strongly associated with upward mobility—but the 72.2-million-user study does not prove individual causation.
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Can one email change how workers feel about their pay?
A randomized salary-database email changed satisfaction and job-search intentions for below-median workers, with no measured gain above the median.
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