“Women Leaders in Global Health 2019: Powerful Lessons from Kigali” By Dr. Nicole de Paula, courtesy of IASS Potsdam Rwandans are a testimony to human resilience. Following the country’s darkest times, when around 800,000 Tutsis were slaughtered by ethnic Hutu extremists during the 1994 genocide, Rwanda has emerged as the “Switzerland of Africa”. […]
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Automation undermines men’s marriage prospects
“How the rise of industrial robots affects family behavior” Courtesy of IZA Million of workers across the world feel the growing pressure and fear of machines replacing their jobs. Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, robots, and the Internet have already transformed the nature of jobs and will continue to rapidly change our labor […]
Are women more willing to accept jobs with lower pay?
“Are women more willing to accept jobs with lower pay?” Courtesy of IZA Few topics in labor economics have received more attention in academic, public and policy debates than the gender pay gap. The IZA Newsroom frequently summarizes new research findings on various drivers of the gap, including the role of discrimination vs. structural differences, […]
Women dying needlessly from heart attacks due to disparities in diagnosis, treatment
Thousands of British women are dying needlessly from heart attacks because women often receive a different standard of care than men, according to a new report from the British Heart Foundation. The difference seems to be due to the mistaken belief, still prevalent among […]
Europe still the booziest continent
This may come as a surprise to, well, no one at all: Europeans still hold the distinction of being the world’s biggest consumers of alcohol, although consumption patterns vary widely across the continent. Also no surprise, there are major health consequences for all those over-indulgent […]
You GO, momicheta! Bulgaria leads the way in gender work equality
As wryly noted in the introduction to the Bulgarian Institute for Free Market’s post on gender equality, the country is usually noteworthy for ending up at the bottom of most European measures. However, Bulgaria leads in one key area: gender work equality, as reflected in wages and workforce participation, among other measures. […]