Lack of demand for goods produced by female-owned firms, and not differences in prices or input costs, causes the gender profit gap.

John Van Reenen explains how the backlash in globalisation risks damaging global value chains and the jobs that rely on them

Pay inequality affects attendance, productivity and the social fabric of manufacturing workers in India, thus revealing impacts on firm productivity.

FDI is crucial for creating jobs and ensuring economic growth. John Sutton explains how African countries should attract foreign investment.

A business plan competition successfully identified entrepreneurs capable of effectively utilising capital to grow their business in Nigeria.

Pressure to share income with relatives, acting as a ‘kinship tax’, can discourage productive activity by impeding firm growth

Does trade increase inequality? The answer is nuanced and context-specific, but the solution for policymakers is not protectionism.

China’s one-child policy increased its capital-labour ratio and reduced FDI inflows relative to India, consistent with neoclassical fundamentals

Dynastic family CEO successions lead to worse management. How can this be improved?