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Female quotas in company boards: Norwegian evidence shows no trickle-down effect

Women still earn less than men, and are still under-represented in executive positions. In 2003, the Norwegian government passed a […]

Risk and compensation in the labor market for drug smugglers

Every year, roughly 3,000 people are arrested while working as “mules” smuggling drugs through the ports of entry along the […]

Long-run effects of ADHD medication on health and crime

The number of children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is on its all-time high. In Germany, for example, […]

How Viagra changed the lifestyle of elderly men

The introduction of Viagra in 1998 changed the world of men suffering from erectile dysfunction. Up until then, there were […]

Like father, like son? Family welfare cultures in Norway

In most Western countries children of welfare recipients are more likely to receive welfare benefits themselves. However, it is not […]

Having a successful start-up: How your team should be composed

Entrepreneurship is an important source of innovation and technological change. And as standard macro theory suggests, these are main drivers […]

How foreign language classes shape migration within the EU

Given the large differences in youth unemployment rates across Europe, one would expect young people to migrate from countries with […]

Sick on the job or sick of the job? Insurance benefits and absenteeism

Absenteeism is a cause of substantial loss of working time worldwide. In some OECD countries nearly 10 percent of annual […]

Should Greece leave the European Union?

In light of the recent recession and demands by some observers that Greece and other Southern European countries should leave […]

What happens when employers are free to discriminate? Evidence from the English Fantasy Football Premier League

Research on employers’ hiring discrimination is limited by the unlawfulness of such activity. Observational studies report lower wages for minority, […]

Want better grades? Get a good night’s sleep!

Students who sleep seven hours per night during the exam period score an average of 1.7 points higher (on a […]

Are government workers really more public-spirited than those in the private sector?

By Mirco Tonin (University of Southampton and IZA) and Michael Vlassopoulos (University of Southampton) A fifth of UK workers are […]

Encouraging single mothers to work – evidence from the Netherlands

Welfare benefits are a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the poor need them to survive, on the other hand […]

A culture of crime: growing up with the mafia next door

Organized crime generates about two percent of global GDP. While this is already a considerable share, the mafia and other […]

Mr. Rossi, Mr. Hu and politics: How immigration shapes natives’ political preferences

International migration is a global phenomenon, widely studied in the literature. An important but less investigated issue concerns the role […]

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