How does a worker know what warrants a whistleblower response -- and how can organizations encourage those who want to report a misdeed to come forward? The whistleblower is back. Instances of ...

Journalist Rich Karlgaard says there’s plenty of scientific evidence that many people find their talents and gifts later in life. The recent college admissions scandal showed the extent to which ...

Using AI as a tutor is like keeping a big jar of cookies in the kitchen cabinet, says Wharton professor Hamsa Bastani. “You tell yourself that you’re just going to eat one, but it’s a slippery slope,” ...

Imposing taxes on products that have negative effects on health can theoretically lower consumption. But do these policies help consumers to make better choices? ‘Sin tax’ is defined as a tax on a ...

Four traits characterize high-performing CEOs, according to an extensive 10-year study called the CEO Genome Project. Knowledge at Wharton: Before we talk about your research on the CEO Genome Project ...

Remote work erodes the personal bonds that boost collaboration at the office, according to research from Wharton’s Peter ...

New research from Wharton’s Peter Cappelli finds that while women’s job responsibilities are now closer to men's, the gender pay gap remains largely unchanged. It’s a common assumption that more women ...

Sweeping tariffs would raise new revenue, but they would also depress GDP, wages, and Treasury bond demand and prices, according to the nonpartisan Penn Wharton Budget Model. One of the biggest stated ...

The ideal way to reduce income inequality is to use minimum wages and income taxes in a complementary way instead of one substituting the other, according to new Wharton research. Wage inequality in ...

Mortgage modifications during the Great Recession helped distressed borrowers keep their homes and accumulate more capital gains wealth, a new Wharton study finds. Mortgage modifications that helped ...