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Getting to Equal in Mongolia's Labour Market
This World Bank clips flags up the growth in female participation in Mongolia's labour force, and the policies that have been adopted to encourage it.
Which of the 964 occupations listed in the widely used Occupational Information Network online database is the least susceptible for replacement by artificial intelligence-driven technology? The...
This is classic Guardian: but it might be a significant issue, nonetheless. The so-called 'carbon bubble' reflects a view that lots of companies whose value rests on their current share price will...
Topic Revision: Financial Economics
Here is a comprehensive collection of our study notes, revision videos and other resources for A Level Economics students revising financial economics.
Topic Revision: Labour Market Economics
Here is a comprehensive collection of our study notes, revision videos and other resources for A Level Economics students revising labour markets.
Development is multi-faceted: in this World Bank clip looks at a finance scheme that has sought to give poor urban families access to money to permit families to buy homes with adequate sanitation,...
300 Years of Government Spending
Perfect revision for students wanting the bigger picture on fiscal policy - the latest Monday Briefing from Ian Stewart at Deloitte looks at three centuries of government spending.
Vietnam: Improving Institutions to Sustain Development
A little World Bank clip emphasising the importance of institutions in fostering development in Vietnam. Institutions are key drivers of growth, and, development, and a hot topic for development...
Freer trade means more trade
Excellent for Theme 4 macroeconomics! In the last few years the pace of trade liberalisation has almost ground to a halt; to kick start global growth we need more free trade according to Ian...
Digital Credit Powers Entrepreneurship in Madagascar
What's not to like? Development, technology and micro-credit in one clip. This International Finance Corporation clip looks at how digital credit has helped small-scale entrepreneurs in Madagascar.
Sweden aims to be completely cashless by 2025
The FT reports from Sweden, a country that could become completely cashless by 2025 - what are the benefits and costs of a decisive move towards a cashless society?
The ONS has published a series of data tweets supporting the view that the introduction of auto-enrolment into workplace pension schemes has been a success in increasing the number of people with...
Inside iPhone City - A Factory with 350,000 workers
A hat tip to Jon Inge who spotted this Business Insider report on a visit to the FoxConn complex 20 miles outside downtown Zhengzhou where more than half of the world's iPhones are assembled by a...
Small suppliers bargaining with large supermarket chains are not necessarily doomed to earn meagre profits. That is the central finding of research by Carlos Noton and Andrés Elberg, published in...
Lifting productivity growth via immigration
International migration, particularly of skilled people, is an important influence on the diffusion of knowledge across national borders, promoting export diversification in both receiving and...
Do remittances improve growth and lower poverty?
The recent surge in remittances from migrant workers to their native countries may be overestimated, according to research by Michael Clemens and David McKenzie, published in the Economic Journal.
Development - The Importance of Institutions
Institutions are key to providing sustainable, inclusive growth. This new short video from Marginal Revolution is a superb addition to their series on development policies.
I'm linking here to new research from the World Bank on the impact of privatisation as a development strategy. Good enrichment material for students looking at different approaches to development.
Ten topical labour market issues for 2018
Here is a selection of important and topical labour market issues which emphasise how important the labour market as a synoptic topic in A level economics.
Why did we sell off the railways?
The FT has this super video interviewing people on both sides of the rail nationalisation/ privatisation debate. A great resource to use as background to teaching the economics of private versus...
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