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A stitch in time saves nine: procrastination and academic success

Every student knows how hard it can be to pull yourself together and study. From a short-run perspective, being lazy […]

UN interventions: Is it all about geography?

Twenty years after the Rwandan Genocide, many people discuss about the lessons to be drawn: Why have the United Nations […]

Knowing that you matter, matters: the luck of having a meaningful job

What if somebody told you that your job was completely irrelevant and useless? Would you still work with the same […]

The effects of depenalizing cannabis

Policy makers in many countries are thinking about legalizing the possession of small amounts of marihuana. For example, people in […]

Unborn babies respond to grandparents’ death

There is ample evidence that fetuses are negatively affected by diseases and other health issues of the mother. But little […]

Why Americans should be forced to take more vacation days

Typically, U.S. citizens devote much more time to their jobs than Europeans. Summing up weekends, holidays and vacations, the average […]

Capitalism and religion: Protestant work ethic fosters entrepreneurship in Switzerland

As the German sociologist Max Weber said back in 1904, the rise of capitalism is closely linked to the emergence […]

In the gym and on the job: creatine makes successful

It is widely used among tennis players, ski jumpers and bodybuilders as a dietary supplement: Creatine, an organic acid that […]

More schooling makes women less likely to vote for Islamic parties

Many countries in the Middle East and North Africa are characterized by low levels of per capita income, democracy and […]

Shared joy is double joy: Girls are more generous than boys

Classic economic theory has long pursued the concept of homo economicus, which sees human beings as rational actors who are […]

The Crimea Crisis: Consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian Divide

The recent serious developments in the Ukraine expose growing tensions between ethnic Russians and Ukrainians in the country, evident since […]

Parents manipulate birth timing to receive child benefits

In light of the recent recession, the Spanish government eliminated a generous child benefit in 2011. Until December 31, 2010, […]

The consequences of Chernobyl on children’s later labor market career

Austria is one of the countries that received most radioactive fallout as a result of the nuclear catastrophe in Chernobyl […]

God knows everything: Religious people are less likely to lie for the money

 Honesty plays a very important role in economic life. It affects the productivity of employees who are not constantly monitored […]

The predictive power of reservation wages: Workers tend to overestimate their prospects

Reservation wages represent the lowest wage for which an individual is willing to work. They are an important economic variable […]

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