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December 16, 2025
Money isn’t everything. We found another powerful currency for incentivizing workers.
One classic conundrum of economics is the principal-agent problem. Principals want a task done but lack the know-how, time, or energy to do it themselves. Agents are capable of doing the work, in theory, but they might not do it exactly the way the principal wants.
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December 5, 2024
(In)action
by Tim Decker
We tracked the month-to-month inactivity of the workforce, looking at the gaps between major events that keep HR professionals busy.
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August 9, 2023
HR: How much is too much — or too little?
by Jeff Nezaj
We wondered whether HR offices were growing or shrinking, and whether beefed-up HR staffing has an effect on employee turnover. To find out, we use ADP data to look at HR staffing levels going back to 2018.
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