Commentary

Minimum wages hurt young people

Policymakers should implement policies that improve labor market opportunities for youths but do not increase the cost to employers of hiring them.

Workplace sickness absence

Absenteeism as a result of sickness and injury is costly to companies and society. What programs are effective for reducing sickness absence rates?

Should divorce be cheap and easy?

What are the short- and long-term consequences for couples and for society of making divorce easier?

Income inequality and social origins

Reducing income inequality within countries is of paramount importance among the challenges facing policymakers in the years to come. The UN has included the reduction of inequality among its Sustainable Development Goals, because promoting growth alone may not be enough to help the poor out of poverty when growth is unevenly distributed across households.