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, […]
October 24, 2014
Women do more housework than men. For most of history this phenomenon went largely unremarked. Housework was what women did, […]
October 23, 2014
By Carol Graham and Milena Nikolova The recent economic crisis and the subsequent lagging economic recovery renewed the immigration debate […]
October 10, 2014
By Carol Graham and Milena Nikolova In the past few years, economists and other social scientists have made great strides […]
October 9, 2014
Immigrant women in the labor market have long been viewed as “secondary workers” who work in unskilled jobs, mainly as […]
September 30, 2014
Although women account for 57% of all students at UK universities, the share of female economics students is only about […]
September 22, 2014
The educational system is built upon a sequence of tests to measure student performance. Improving student performance is a key […]
September 19, 2014
Thinking about a new research paper? You may want to start searching for co-authors of different ethnicity. Statistically, this will […]
September 17, 2014
Temporal and locational flexibility (TLF) is an important element in current policy debates about working conditions and the combination of […]