by editor | Mar 8, 2019 | Top Page Links
Italy’s introduction of gender quotas for corporate boards produced the expected increase in female representation on boards, but not the hoped-for “spillover” effect in terms of women’s representation of the top ranks of executives at these...
by editor | Mar 8, 2019 | Top Page Links
A new discussion paper by Ernest Boffy-Ramirez at the IZA, a German trade union-backed think tank, shows that increases in minimum wages were not correlated with higher unemployment in four U.S. states that raised...
by editor | Mar 8, 2019 | Top Page Links
Paternity leave and paid benefits actually allow new fathers to turn a profit in Slovakia, according to Radovan Ďurana at INESS. He argues this shows a social insurance system fundamentally out of whack (original in Slovakian). ...
by editor | Mar 8, 2019 | Top Page Links
A new report from the IEA notes the rise of state-funded anti-market advocacy groups across the EU, Wales and Scotland. England is the only place where state funding for anti-market groups is decreasing.Full details...
by editor | Mar 8, 2019 | Top Page Links
The Institute for Public Policy Research, self-proclaimed the UK’s leading progressive think tank, proposes a “radical but necessary” reform to the system governing the residential rental marketplace. Suggestions span landlord tax reform,...
by editor | Mar 8, 2019 | Top Page Links
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,...
