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The comparative statics of laughter
Research has shown that bosses tend to crack more jokes than do their employees. Women laugh much more in the presence of men, and men generally tell more jokes in the presence of women. Men have even been shown to laugh much more quietly around women, while laughing louder when in a group of men.
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Posted by Tyler Cowen on August 4, 2005 at 09:15 PM in Science | Permalink
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