Towards Sustainable Construction
What are the best practices that improve sustainability in the building and construction sectors?
Labor supply responses to rainfall shocks
How do households in developing countries cope with unpredictable rainfall affecting agricultural productivity?
The Optical and the Environmental
How does the interplay between screen and space reshape our understanding of both as mediums?
Does the United States Need a Climate Refugee Policy?
How should nations adapt their immigration policies to address the growing issue of climate-induced displacement, given current legal limitations on refugee status?
V-Dem’s Conceptions of Democracy and Their Consequences
How can we best measure democracy, and what distinct forms does it take?
Frontline Professionals in the Wake of Social Media Scrutiny
How does social media scrutiny affect the accountability of frontline professionals?
The European Reformation
How did The European Reformation reshape our understanding of Christianity’s split into Protestant and Catholic movements across Europe?
The Architecture of Status Hierarchies
How do the structural properties of status hierarchies, separate from individuals’ positions within them, influence inequality in material rewards?
Efficiency Neglect
Why are people pessimistic about the effects of increasing population growth?
France in Political Turmoil
France has been mired in political uncertainty since President Macron called for a snap parliamentary vote in June following a significant defeat in the European elections. This led to a fractured lower house divided into three sharply opposing factions: a weakened centrist bloc backing the president, a coalition of leftist parties, and the National Rally, headed by Marine Le Pen, which emerged as the largest party in the National Assembly.
Constitutional Amendments: Making, Breaking, and Changing Constitutions
What do constitutional amendment procedures reveal about the strength, adaptability, and vulnerabilities of a constitution, and how can they be structured to shape the future of democratic governance?
The Future of Great Universities
Higher education is undergoing dramatic changes driven by shifts in culture, technology, and economics. What does the future hold for universities, and how can they remain relevant in a rapidly evolving world? Jonathan Cole, a renowned expert on higher education and former provost at Columbia University, explores the challenges and necessary transformations facing American universities.
France’s No-Confidence Vote
France’s National Assembly has ousted Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s three-month-old administration in a no-confidence vote, marking the shortest premiership in the Fifth Republic’s history.
Brokered Careers: The Role of Search Firms in Managerial Career Mobility
How are career paths shaped by the involvement of search firms in hiring?
The moral career of the genocide perpetrator
Does Dehumanization Cause Violence or Follow It?
How rich are the rich?
How effective are “trickle-down” economic theories in addressing wealth inequality?
Contested Liberalization: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Conflict in France
Why has France been uniquely resistant to economic liberalization, and how can understanding its postwar legacies help reformers navigate the challenges of modern policy changes?
American Visions: The United States, 1800-1860
How did the diverse voices of 19th-century America shape the nation’s highest ideals of equality and justice?
Corruption and supply-side economics
How do corruption levels shape a government’s choice of tax rates?
The Dodd-Frank Act and Hedge Fund Operational Risk
How did the 2011 post-Dodd-Frank changes to Form ADV impact hedge fund disclosures, operational risk prediction, and investor decision-making?
Dynamic Exports and Labor Markets for Inclusive Growth in Cambodia
How has Cambodia’s economic growth through trade liberalization impacted local labor markets and workers?
Why One Health Matters: Tackling Global Health Threats Together
The One Health approach is essential for managing global health risks by recognizing the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health. In a rapidly changing world, factors like climate change, deforestation, and globalization have made humans more likely to encounter wildlife, increasing the chances of zoonotic disease transmission.
Understanding the One Health Approach: Connecting Human, Animal, and Environmental Health
The One Health approach is a comprehensive, integrated strategy that recognizes the intricate links between human, animal, and environmental health. This concept acknowledges that the well-being of people, domestic and wild animals, and ecosystems are interdependent, necessitating a unified effort to tackle global health challenges.
Power Over Presence
How does women’s power in peace negotiations impact gender provisions in agreements?
On the Political Biology of Eating and Performing (with) Food
How does our interaction with food delve beyond nourishment and intersect with political and biological identity? This essay explores the politics of biology in food performances, revealing intricate biopolitical entanglements through theories of ‘bare life’, ‘enteric imagination’, and ‘becoming-minor’.
Do we have the tools for achieving distributive tax justice?
Which tax policies could advance distributive tax justice?
Robust characterization of photonic integrated circuits
How can the dynamic performance of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) be robustly characterized to enable advanced applications?
Feature Misspecification in Sequential Learning Problems
How can decision-makers effectively learn from sequential sampling when statistical models are misspecified?
The Price of Housing in the United States, 1890-2006
How do newly constructed housing price indices for 1890-2006 reveal trends in U.S. housing markets and explain uneven price growth over time?
Civil Liberties in the Early Constitution: The Crossroads and Organiser Cases
How did the first two Supreme Court cases shape free speech in India’s early constitutional history?
The fiscal arithmetic of a slowdown in trend growth
How does a slowdown in trend growth affect fiscal policy sustainability and household welfare?
October 2024 PCE and Inflation
PCE increased by 2.3% year-over-year in October, with data indicating robust consumer spending during the month. This suggests the U.S. economy continued its strong growth momentum, although efforts to reduce inflation seemed to have hit a plateau.
xtevent: Estimation and Visualization in the Linear Panel Event-Study Design
How can the Stata package xtevent be used to create event-study plots and estimate policy effects?