December 8, 2014
The hot debate about President Obama’s immigration reform shows that many Americans still view immigrants as taking jobs away from […]
December 4, 2014
Nutritional disruptions experienced during the stage of fetal development impair an individual’s labor market productivity later in life. This is […]
December 1, 2014
The signing of the Belfast Agreement on Good Friday 1998 is widely seen as the final act in the long […]
November 28, 2014
How much a younger sibling’s school achievement is affected by his/her older sibling’s achievement at school is an important question […]
November 26, 2014
More substantial fiscal integration in Europe by way of a common unemployment insurance scheme for eurozone member states? This question […]
November 24, 2014
Between 1863 and 1890, phylloxera (an insect which attacks grapevine roots) destroyed about 40% of the French vineyards. The crisis […]
November 21, 2014
What difference does the quality of the single person at the top make for the overall performance of the organization? […]
November 19, 2014
Since early childcare plays an important role in the development of cognitive skills, it partially determines success later in life. […]
November 18, 2014
Since early childcare plays an important role in the development of cognitive skills, it partially determines success later in life. […]
November 17, 2014
Modernizing developed economies in order to remain competitive in global markets is a pressing issue when manufacturing jobs can be […]
November 11, 2014
A large fraction of students fail at university. One potential reason is that students do not exercise enough effort on […]
November 6, 2014
By Arnaud Chevalier and Olivier Marie Do individuals born at different points of the economic cycle have different outcomes, and […]
November 5, 2014
Experiments are commonly used in economics to test whether certain factors affect, for example, the behavior of consumers or the […]
November 5, 2014
A large fraction of students fail at university. One potential reason is that students do not exercise enough effort on […]
October 29, 2014
The ongoing crisis calls for better fiscal cooperation within the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Beyond tax policy coordination, […]