The retreat from take-home essays jeopardizes the future of the humanities.

The AfD could do something next month that would mark a first in the country’s postwar history.

Greater political autonomy yielded lasting economic gains in Brazilian communities.

Whether holding anti-democratic leaders accountable strengthens or weakens democracy remains one of the unresolved questions in contemporary debates about democ

The research has been mixed but the association says evidence of coffee’s safety and even benefits has been growing over time.

(Forthcoming Article) - Conditionality can exclude poor households from receiving transfers. Reanalyzing five randomized evaluations of conditional cash transfers (CCTs), we find that 9–37 percent of eligible recipients fail to meet conditions, and they typically have lower baseline consumption. We assess the welfare implications of budget-neutral shifts from CCTs to unconditional cash transfers. Conditionality exacerbating inequality among eligible recipients can be quantitatively important for welfare impacts. We quantify how large conditionality-induced human capital gains must be for the welfare benefits of CCTs to outweigh the inequality costs generated by conditionality.

How does the provision of political appointments influence coalition support in multiparty presidential systems? While the importance of cabinet portfolios for ...

Primeiro-ministro britânico deixa o cargo menos de dois anos após vitória trabalhista de 2024

Field Notes from a Tough Year

The older ones and the younger ones may be voting in different ways.

Measuring the value of cabinet portfolios is a fundamental task in the study of coalition politics. Yet existing measures are often static, have limited coverage, or assume that all parties value por...

Measuring the value of cabinet portfolios is a fundamental task in the study of coalition politics. Yet existing measures are often static, have limited coverage, or assume that all parties value por...

Classificação de sexo a partir de nomes próprios brasileiros

Economists have a new theory of why graduates of top colleges have so much career success.

Explore our new interactive map of Trump's job approval, powered by 12,000 survey interviews conducted in 2025 and 2026

Platforms optimized for engagement warp our politics, erode attention, and harm our wellbeing. Here’s how I minimize time on the (anti‑)social web.

It is often argued that returns to R&D are low in developing countries, making imported technologies a better path to growth. Yet technologies designed for frontier nations may not fit local conditions, limiting their productivity gains. This column studies Brazil’s Embrapa, a large public R&D effort to create agricultural innovation suited to Brazil’s ecology. Embrapa shifted research toward local needs and raised agricultural productivity by 110%, far outweighing its costs. Sustained, locally targeted R&D can be a key part of development policy.

A Escola de Inverno é o braço de formação intensiva em métodos, conceitos e teorias sociais do IESP-UERJ.

Mudanças na legislação eleitoral levaram a uma compactação do sistema partidário

Mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz have won Germany's 2025 election. Here's a look in charts at the wins and losses, seats in parliament, possible coalition outcomes and voter demographics...

YouTube is about to turn 20. An unusual research method is unveiling statistics about the platform that Google would rather keep hidden.

Método simples e eficiente de geolocalizar dados no Brasil. O pacote é baseado em conjuntos de dados espaciais abertos de endereços brasileiros, utilizando principalmente o Cadastro Nacional de Endere...

The journalist Kara Swisher discusses Elon Musk's goals in government — and the factors that have led to his radicalization.

Rejeição supera aprovação, de 31%, e chega ao maior patamar numérico do mandato

We examine the effect of the most important anti-majoritarian institution-judicial review of constitutionality which empowers some courts to invalidate laws alr

Scientists shocked as “blue-sky” Marsden Fund has half its budget shifted to research focused on helping economy

Easily pull data from the Brazilian Superior Electoral Court (TSE) and Cepesp's electoral data repositories