December 8, 2015
Shown by a project in rural India, building a sanitation network that includes toilets can eliminate open defecation and the disease it creates.
December 7, 2015
If Finland replaces benefits with a monthly check, the tradeoffs for its safety net programs will be domestic and international.
November 30, 2015
With son preference, limited fertility and social norms, China's and India's sex ratios at birth have created a male glut and new marriage markets.
November 13, 2015
Reducing environmental externalities from greenhouse gas emissions involves the methane that cows and other ruminants burp.
November 5, 2015
Whether calculating the poverty rate in Rwanda or in the U.S., the income and/or consumption variables you select determine your results.
October 27, 2015
One reason we have a labor force participation rate of 62.4 percent is because retirees, students, the disabled and people who care for family do not work.
October 23, 2015
Because of aging populations in the developed world and in China, concern about care for the elderly and rising dependency ratios have increased.
October 18, 2015
While Denmark has universal healthcare, family benefits and pays for college, its social welfare system requires high taxes and other sacrifices.
October 14, 2015
The 2015 winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, Angus Deaton studied inequality through health and wealth and micro and macroeconomics.
October 5, 2015
Because credit card scores predict trustworthiness and financial distress, they indicate whether a co-habitation relationship will be long lasting.
October 2, 2015
Retirement savings and income depend on the person's prior income, longevity, the macroeconomic environment, Social Security and other entitlement programs.
September 30, 2015
The characteristics of the student loan crisis include a high default and delinquency rate, huge amounts of money and a personal and macroeconomic impact.