Through worldwide gender gap indicators, we can see that Iceland can optimize productivity and human capital through a small gender gap.
Weekly Roundup: From Calories to Climate
Our economic news summary included climate talks and externalities, “missing women” and Asian marriage markets, seniors’ spending and manufacturing supply.
Marriage Markets in China and India
With son preference, limited fertility and social norms, China’s and India’s sex ratios at birth have created a male glut and new marriage markets.
Why We Don’t Know What We Manufacture
Thinking of job declines and Chinese imports, it appears that U.S. manufacturing is declining but the facts show that production is up.
Why Cheap Oil Can Be a Curse
Illustrated by the impact of cheap oil, the natural resource curse hits countries that have disproportionately focused economic activity on one industry.
Part 2: How the Middle Income Trap Could Catch China
While some high middle income economies have slowed down and then accelerated again, using World Bank criteria, China’s economic growth is tough to predict.
Weekly Roundup: From Uber Drivers to Gasoline Prices
Our economic news summary includes labor regulation and Uber, the GDP and streets, gasoline price fluctuation, food and inequality and markets and syrup.
On The Street Where You Live
While economic development can be measured through a history of GDP data, the real yardstick is the history of one street.
Weekly Roundup: From Traffic Congestion to Job Evaluation
Our everyday economics includes central planning, unintended consequences, comparative advantage, transportation infrastructure, cost & developing nations.
The World’s Sanitation Gap
A production possibilities graph can display the land, labor and capital underutilization that inadequate sanitation creates and indicate a constrained GDP.
