Cornell University-led research shows that introducing paper business telephone directories — similar to the Yellow Pages — in Tanzania boosted sales revenue by 104% for listed businesses and increased the number of sales and the use of mobile money. Neighboring unlisted businesses also benefited.

Asian Americans are no longer the healthiest racial group among older U.S.-born adults, according to a new study published in the Journals of Gerontology. Non-Hispanic white Americans now report lower rates of disability in this age group, marking a shift in health trends.

Young consumers who shop online and have FOMO (fear of missing out) tend to feel lower levels of social, psychological and financial well-being, a new study finds – but there’s one important caveat. Researchers found that having a stronger attachment to a social media influencer is linked to younger consumers having improved feelings of well-being in those areas.

A new study offers the first large-scale, data-driven examination of tech workers’ values across Europe. The findings reveal that while developers tend to be highly individualistic, open to change, and driven by universalist ideals, non-developers often align more closely with other occupational elites like managers and professionals. This challenges the notion of a unified “tech elite” and highlights the importance of internal diversity in shaping the ethics and impact of the tech industry.

An Osaka Metropolitan University economics researcher and a colleague analyze the impact of position order on sequential decision-making using contest data from a Japanese comedy show.