Matching skills across borders: Are global skill partnerships a win-win solution for sending and receiving countries?
The world is at a demographic inflection point, presenting both challenges and opportunities. On the one hand, lower and lower-middle-income countries, particularly sub-Saharan Africa and
Migration flows from the Western Balkans to Germany: implications and recommendations
Migration to Germany is shaping the Western Balkans for better and worse, highlighting the need for reforms to harness benefits and mitigate drawbacks. Migration has
Artificial intelligence in the office and the factory: Evidence from administrative software registry data
The rapid adoption of AI in the workplace has raised concerns about job loss. This column uses data covering all AI-related commercial software registered with
Public policy can encourage physicians to practice in underserved areas
Many communities in the US, especially those in rural areas, have limited access to healthcare. For example, some areas have significantly fewer doctors per capita
Gender-neutral economics can no longer be the default
Economic research often treats tools such as tariffs, subsides, interest rates, monetary policy, and austerity measures as gender neutral. This column argues that when sex-disaggregated
What does it mean to live in a country that is 0.517 poor?
According to the UNDP’s Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), the Republic of Chad has a poverty score of 0.517. But what does this number mean? Is it
