The expansion of large-scale gold mining in Ghana has led to a big reduction in agricultural productivity and output – and a significant increase
Over the last decade the World Bank and its client governments have invested almost $1 billion a year in vocational training programmes for the
Increasingly large fluctuations in many American households'' incomes over the 30-year period up to the Great Recession led to a fall in overall family
R&D, political campaigns, science competitions, job promotions and lobbying are often viewed as contests – and a key question for organisers of such contests
Even something as personal as the choice of having another child can be heavily influenced by economic incentives. Analysing a unique social experiment from
Policies that enhance women”s job security could contribute to a reduction in domestic violence. That is one of the conclusions of a study by
The increase in hate crimes against Muslim immigrants after the 9/11 terrorist attacks led to the targeted community retreating from assimilation and becoming more
US presidential campaigns may be long and drawn out, but according to research by Rebecca Lessem and Carly Urban, they can bring considerable economic
Classical liberalism and libertarianism do not provide a radical alternative to egalitarianism, according to research by Michele Lombardi, Kaname Miyagishima and Roberto Veneziani, published
New research analyses the long-term impacts on healthy behaviours and adult health of two of the oldest and most influential early childhood interventions: the
Conditional cash transfers, in which parents receive payment only after their child''s development has satisfied some performance criteria, are the most cost-effective way to
The more time a mother spends with her child between the ages of three and seven, the better that child''s cognitive and social skills
