Intensive Religious Fasting Linked To Better School Performance
A recent study, which involved Konstanz economist Guido Schwerdt, has found that longer daily fasting periods during Ramadan have a beneficial impact on the academic…
A recent study, which involved Konstanz economist Guido Schwerdt, has found that longer daily fasting periods during Ramadan have a beneficial impact on the academic…
According to new research from the University of Leeds, adopting a World War II-style rationing system could be a viable solution in reducing carbon emissions….
Urban scaling laws arise from disparities within cities. Urban inequality in Europe and the US is so pronounced that the majority of the benefits from…
A team of Cambridge social scientists have been conducting research on the world’s largest trial of a four-day working week. Last year, 61 organizations in…
Over five hundred years ago, in the Guatemalan highlands of the Midwest, the Maya people traded goods with far less intervention from their rulers than…
A recent study has uncovered a strong correlation between a nearly 20% decrease in business at Chinese restaurants and political rhetoric that placed blame on…
Recent data suggests that the majority of the increase in the wage gap since 1980 can be attributed to automation replacing less-educated workers. When using…
A new study from psychologists at the University of Cambridge has found that young people who perceive themselves as coming from poorer backgrounds than their…
One might easily think that robots are causing significant disruption in the labor market by replacing human workers, especially when considering examples like chatbots serving…
An audit has found that the future of rural churches depends on their value to the wider community as assets. According to an audit conducted…
The political controversy surrounding Goya CEO’s political statements in 2020 has shed light on the question. The CEO of Goya, a well-known Latin food brand,…
Research study finds world leaders give up on increasing gas taxes and reducing subsidies to producers. Around the world, governments have widely attempted two strategies…
Dartmouth research concludes that measures to protect individuals on hot days are needed now, particularly in low-income countries. Massive economic losses brought on by hot weather…
An artificial intelligence tool could help governments decide whether or not to bail out a bank in crisis by predicting if the intervention will save…
Halloween is here. It’s the night every year when children dress up in costumes and go “trick or treating.” On the surface, that activity appears…
The research sheds new light on the mechanisms by which the adoption of agriculture led to complex hierarchies and states. By theoretical arguments and empirical…
Using Ecuador as a case study, economists show international trade widens the income gap in individual countries. International trade intensifies domestic income inequality, at least…
Compared to native-born American citizens, immigrants are more frequently involved in founding companies at all scales. Immigrants to the United States are more likely to…