
The economics and implications of compliance with minimum wages
Recent research suggests that wages below legally established minimum wages are surprisingly prevalent. This column reviews ‘wage theft’ in

Recent research suggests that wages below legally established minimum wages are surprisingly prevalent. This column reviews ‘wage theft’ in

Waste amounted to 3.3 percent to global greenhouse gas emissions in 2022, with landfills the primary source. As climate change

In 2024 food security is likely to remain one of the critical challenges for the world to face. The

There is overwhelming empirical evidence that people are neither consistently selfish nor consistently altruistic. Instead, their public-spiritedness depends on

Politicians often interfere with central banks, but it is not clear how to measure such political pressure systematically and

As artificial intelligence makes inroads into the financial system, it exacerbates existing channels of instability and creates new ones.

Classical economic models routinely included land as a production factor, a practice economists later abandoned. This column argues that

Are the goals of combating climate change and ending global poverty at odds with each other? This column estimates

Adolescent girls in Sub-Sharan Africa (SSA) are at a higher risk of dropping out of upper secondary school. According

China has admitted its electric-car drive has gone too far. The country’s vice minister of industry and information technology

Recent research suggests that wages below legally established minimum wages are surprisingly prevalent. This column reviews ‘wage theft’ in

Waste amounted to 3.3 percent to global greenhouse gas emissions in 2022, with landfills the primary source. As climate change

In 2024 food security is likely to remain one of the critical challenges for the world to face. The

There is overwhelming empirical evidence that people are neither consistently selfish nor consistently altruistic. Instead, their public-spiritedness depends on

Politicians often interfere with central banks, but it is not clear how to measure such political pressure systematically and

As artificial intelligence makes inroads into the financial system, it exacerbates existing channels of instability and creates new ones.

Classical economic models routinely included land as a production factor, a practice economists later abandoned. This column argues that

Are the goals of combating climate change and ending global poverty at odds with each other? This column estimates

Adolescent girls in Sub-Sharan Africa (SSA) are at a higher risk of dropping out of upper secondary school. According

China has admitted its electric-car drive has gone too far. The country’s vice minister of industry and information technology




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