July 28, 2014
Women still earn less than men, and are still under-represented in executive positions. In 2003, the Norwegian government passed a […]
July 25, 2014
Every year, roughly 3,000 people are arrested while working as “mules” smuggling drugs through the ports of entry along the […]
July 21, 2014
The number of children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is on its all-time high. In Germany, for example, […]
July 18, 2014
The introduction of Viagra in 1998 changed the world of men suffering from erectile dysfunction. Up until then, there were […]
July 14, 2014
In most Western countries children of welfare recipients are more likely to receive welfare benefits themselves. However, it is not […]
July 11, 2014
Entrepreneurship is an important source of innovation and technological change. And as standard macro theory suggests, these are main drivers […]
July 7, 2014
Given the large differences in youth unemployment rates across Europe, one would expect young people to migrate from countries with […]
July 4, 2014
Absenteeism is a cause of substantial loss of working time worldwide. In some OECD countries nearly 10 percent of annual […]
June 30, 2014
In light of the recent recession and demands by some observers that Greece and other Southern European countries should leave […]
June 27, 2014
Research on employers’ hiring discrimination is limited by the unlawfulness of such activity. Observational studies report lower wages for minority, […]
June 25, 2014
Students who sleep seven hours per night during the exam period score an average of 1.7 points higher (on a […]
June 23, 2014
By Mirco Tonin (University of Southampton and IZA) and Michael Vlassopoulos (University of Southampton) A fifth of UK workers are […]
June 23, 2014
Welfare benefits are a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the poor need them to survive, on the other hand […]
June 20, 2014
Organized crime generates about two percent of global GDP. While this is already a considerable share, the mafia and other […]
June 17, 2014
International migration is a global phenomenon, widely studied in the literature. An important but less investigated issue concerns the role […]