We show that intergenerational mobility changed rapidly by race and class in recent decades and use these trends to study the causal mechanisms underlying changes in economic mobility.
Manufacturing generates very little employment in the developing world. Urban jobs are predominantly informal, unproductive, and in services.
Global demand for renewable energy is growing rapidly, fueled by the falling cost of solar panels, wind turbines, and electric vehicles.
Amid China’s rise, Americans should ask what Beijing is doing right—and what they’re doing wrong.
We use unique survey data from former victims of child sex trafficking and vulnerable girls in shelters in the Philippines to study the predictors of becoming a victim of trafficking and provide insig
Intergenerational mobility captures the distance between the socioeconomic positions of parents versus their adult children.
The clean energy transition has reached adolescence. Its future direction is not yet set, and in the meantime, its internal paradoxes make for a volatile mix.
The conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine can only end with deals that don’t satisfy anyone completely.
China is currently being forced into a dilemma in policy terms, needing a more open economy to boost growth at a time when conditions are poor, but also seeking to close society in the name of securit
The U.S. military’s collapsed pier in Gaza is symbolic of a much bigger issue.
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