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Europe's asylum lottery
Season 4 Episode 51
Refugees from conflicts in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, and many other countries travel thousands of miles seeking a new life in Europe. But how likely are th…
4 years, 4 months ago
Germany's stalled social mobility
Season 4 Episode 50
New research uses German census data to track the association between success for a child and the earnings of the parent at a much higher level of de…
4 years, 4 months ago
Why natural experiments won the Nobel
Season 4 Episode 49
Josh Angrist, David Card, and Guido Imbens shared the Nobel in 2021 for their pioneering work on natural experiments that, in the words of the commit…
4 years, 4 months ago
Coming out in America
Season 4 Episode 48
Two new papers pinpoint the election of 1992 as a turning point in the attitudes of Americans to same-sex relationships, and ask, what has caused thi…
4 years, 4 months ago
Pensions and fertility in Namibia
Season 4 Episode 47
Do we have children to provide for us in our old age? Pauline Rossi tells Tim Phillips about the impact on the size of families in Namibia after the …
4 years, 5 months ago
Tournaments: Playing to win
Season 4 Episode 46
Tournaments are increasingly being used in business to solve non-routine problems. Florian Englmaier tells Tim Phillips about new research into what …
4 years, 5 months ago
Creating a resilient society
Season 4 Episode 45
Repeated environmental and economic crises in recent years are encouraging many people to ask, is this really the best way to run a planet? Markus Br…
4 years, 5 months ago
How crises rewire our brains
Season 4 Episode 44
When we live through a financial crisis, many of us think differently about money afterwards. Neuroscientists can show that the experience changes th…
4 years, 5 months ago
Pension reform and the incentive to work
Season 4 Episode 43
As life expectancy increases, so does the importance of a fair pension system that reflects our contribution but won't leave anyone in poverty. Can w…
4 years, 6 months ago
Rethinking financial globalisation
Season 4 Episode 42
Even after their role in the global financial crisis, globalised, minimally regulated financial markets are still regarded as inevitable and, on bala…
4 years, 6 months ago