Why some nations’ labour markets did better during the pandemic
Leaving human capital out of policy discussions might lead to incorrect inferences about which measures were most successful during the pandemic...
Leaving human capital out of policy discussions might lead to incorrect inferences about which measures were most successful during the pandemic...
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has launched an ambitious project to develop a digital currency for use in domestic, retail transactions, and is, by...
Nearly 140 countries have agreed to a new global tax deal, which was years in the making. Estonia, Hungary and Ireland, the last holdouts, joined the...
More than 130 countries have lined up in favour of a global redesign of corporate taxes. The redesign calls for multinational giants to pay their...
Bankruptcies are costly, but economists worry about keeping doomed firms alive. Simeon Djankov (LSE) argues that restructuring bankruptcy laws has...
Legal gender equality is key for female participation in the labour market. The association between women’s legal empowerment and success in sports is...
Despite the commonly held views of economists on regulatory capture, our profession has been much more hesitant in recognising similar conflicts of...
Recognising the critical role that financial markets will play in the success of the UK’s post-Brexit economy, the Treasury is now engaged in a review...
Although epidemics are frequently cited as inducing changes in economic behaviour and accelerating technological and behavioural trends, there may be...
In much of the world, property sales are highly regulated and expensive. Using World Bank data, this column shows that while regulators and...
Basel III is an internationally agreed set of measures to strengthen the regulation, supervision and risk management of banks. Finalising the 2017...
Human capital is a critical component of economic development. But the links between growth and human capital – when measured by years of schooling –...
EU-wide stress tests have constituted a very useful supervisory tool for increasing the resilience of the EU banking sector. This policy brief claims...
Steep falls in entrepreneurial activity were recorded in early 2020 across G7 economies. In the US, however, the creation of US startups shot up by 24...
Bankruptcies have fallen sharply in OECD economies because of the array of COVID-related support available to businesses, as well as imposed moratoria...
While the direct economic consequences of Covid-19 have been significant, the impact on the financial markets has been more nuanced. This column uses...