Women who are “dominant” and “disagreeable” in the workplace earn higher salaries than their more agreeable colleagues, according to a recent study.

Since 2000, increased trade with China has resulted in higher suicide and poisoning (including fatal drug overdoses) rates in areas vulnerable to competition, report economists Justin Pierce and Peter Schott in a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper released this month.

A new study from the American Sociological Review has found evidence of a bisexual pay gap. Unlike other pay gaps, which can be explained away by factors such as having children or working fewer hours, this one is more difficult to explain.

A former UK pensions minister has called for the government to use tax breaks to help people save for care in later life, warning the country risks “sleepwalking into a social care crisis.”

The gig economy might not be sustainable, according to a new study by the JPMorgan Chase Institute, which finds that the number of workers joining has declined dramatically over the last two years.