The economics of signalling was best articulated by Michael Spence, a Nobel prizewinner. In 1973 Mr Spence developed a simple model of how the labour market works. There are two kinds of job ...

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Intergenerational mobility — an adult’s ability to exit poverty and earn more than their parents — is falling in the USA. Parolin et al. compare intergenerational poverty persistence (a ...

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November 13, 2024 • This is the story behind one of the most valuable — and perhaps, most improbable — technologies humanity has ever created. It's a breakthrough called extreme ultraviolet ...

The law of supply and demand is a fundamental concept of economics and a theory popularized by Adam Smith in 1776. The principles of supply and demand are effective in predicting market behavior.

Nobel Prize winner in Economics in 2024, James Robinson, in a picture from the University of Chicago.NANCY WONG / HANDOUT (EFE) More than four decades later, Robinson, along with Acemoglu and Simon ...

The long-lasting impact of Europe’s former empires on growth forms the basis of research by three US-based academics who will share the 2024 Nobel Prize in economics. Daron Acemoglu and Simon ...