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What jobs do women apply for in urban India, and how does the wording of adverts influence their choices? Women continue to earn less than men with similar qualifications in

Thinking before nudging promotes climate citizenship: Evidence from an experiment in the UK New research shows that when people are made to think about their behaviour before they are nudged,

How does where you live influence what you seek to study? New research, to be presented at the annual conference of the Royal Economic Society on Wednesday 13 April, investigates

Mental health worsened for many people during the Covid-19 pandemic, but mothers experienced greater declines, on average, than other adults. New research, to be presented at the annual conference of

In new research to be presented at the annual conference of the Royal Economic Society, Alan Benson and Louis-Pierre Lepage examine whether managers risk developing biases and preconceptions through their

Today, French people speak French, Italians speak Italian, and Germans speak German. In fact, there are more than 7,000 languages in the world but only 94 account for more than

New research into the Spanish Civil War, to be presented at the annual conference of the Royal Economic Society, shows how wars can have asymmetric, but short-lived, effects on city

Is high inequality destiny? A new study, to be presented at the annual conference of the Royal Economic Society, sheds some light on this question. It investigates why inequality was

Can even small and seemingly innocuous changes to the electoral process affect voter turnout in democracies? New research, to be presented at the annual conference of the Royal Economic Society,

COVID-19 has disrupted the world economy partly through strict public health measures. These range from social distancing to complete lockdown, constraining economic activity. But was the decline in economic activity

Watching television is one of the most popular and time-consuming human activities worldwide. However, based on previous research, television seems to harm individual health and happiness, and there is evidence

New research, to be presented at the annual conference of the Royal Economic Society, finds that the outcome of the 2016 Brexit referendum (hereafter, “Brexit”) curtailed the growth rate of