A survey of instructors and data collected from course syllabi and examinations are used to examine how the subject of development economics is taught at the undergraduate and master's levels in developing countries, compared to undergraduate classes in the United States. Topic coverage, teaching ...
Today’s classrooms are leaps and bounds ahead of what they looked like even just a few years ago. Both students and teachers are using technology to advance learning and make the classroom experience easier. From iPads to online assignments to student portals, technology is helpi...
economicschild and adolescent mental healthmental health promotionEuropeThis paper sets out issues to be considered in making the economic case for investing in child and adolescent mental well-being promotion and prevention/early treatment of mental disorder. We highlight the role that various types...
As you monitor your investments, you may find opportunities to build and strengthen your portfolio by adding new assets, rebalancing or reinvesting dividends. Following these steps can help ensure you're reviewing and adjusting your portfolio as needed:...
National Economics University, Hanoi, 100000, Vietnam Manh-Toan Ho Corresponding author Correspondence toManh-Toan Ho. Ethics declarations Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests. Ethical approval Ethical approval was exempted according to UCL Research Ethics Committee (URL:https:/...
Translating these insights to the gig economy, we expect to find that, all else being equal, H1 the higher the level of educational attainment signalled by gig workers, the higher their income. (2) While educational degrees constitute an important ‘entry ticket’ to the labour market, their ...
Returning To Common Ground Just when our public discourse seems hopelessly divided, we can find hope in the discovery of common ground. Farm To Table brings back this promising message that was first published last winter but feels even more timely today than then. Josh and Rebecca Tickell are...
Behavioural economics Experimental Economics 1. Introduction There is much in common between behavioural economics, the field applying psychological insight into human behaviour to explain the economic decisions people make, and happiness economics, the study within economics of happiness and its relationships...
And after a while at McKinsey—I enjoyed it but, you know, it’s stressful, long hours. I guess some of that hasn’t changed. But I ended up returning to academia and worked in the LSE [London School of Economics] and have been at Stanford for...
(Liu et al.2011). Secondly, a significant number of Chinese manufacturing firms find themselves confined to the lower echelons of the global value chain due to their low technological proficiency and limited value addition (Brandt and Thun,2010; Guan and Yam,2015). Thirdly, with the ...