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...

Application of the Bayesian two-latent portfolio salience measurement model to Denmark - meirelesff/portfolio_salience_denmark

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.