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Can democracy help with inequality?
While democracy does represent a real shift in political power away from elites, its impact on inequality may be more limited than one might expect
How not to build a state: Evidence from Colombia
Top-down strategies that prioritise military objectives may fail to develop, or even lead to the deterioration of, other crucial state capacities
US and EU immigration pressures in the long run
Trends predict a gradual decline in the US’ newly arrived immigrant population, and increases in the stock of first-generation immigrants in the EU
Immigration fears and policy uncertainty
Indices for the US, UK, France, and Germany show that recent levels of concern and uncertainty in European countries about migration are unprecedented
What will the world look like in 2030? Maddison’s forecasts revisited
Updated projections forecast a world starkly different from today’s, with poor countries accounting for nearly 70% of global GDP in 2030.
China’s growth prospects
The future may bring political tensions in reconciling economic dreams with the economic reality of slower growth
New price adjustments reshape the world, yet again
A revision of our recent views of the global economic geography, and a rethinking of empirical analysis based on the earlier data, may be in order
Average working hours: New global dataset
Residents of poor countries are not only ‘consumption poor’, they are also ‘leisure poor’
Missing unmarried women
Being unmarried, especially through widowhood, can have substantial effects on relative rates of female mortality in the developing world
Suicide and happiness
The apparent paradox of high suicide rates in certain countries and regions with high happiness scores is confirmed, but inconsistent patterns emerge
