In much of the developing world big firms are rare. The typical firm consists of a single worker—the owner. Even among those ...

The opening of trade borders under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994 was accompanied by a significant ...

GBH’s Morning Edition host Mark Herz spoke with MIT economics professor Jonathan Gruber about the measure on the November ballot in Massachusetts.

If you raise the minimum wage 10%, then robot adoption goes up 8%, research looking at data from 1992 to 2021 shows.

Britain's populist parties Reform UK and the Greens gain support among economically insecure voters, challenging Labour and ...

More babies and children survive the wait for a heart transplant than in the past, but improvements are due to better medical care, not changes to wait-list rules, a new study finds.

While other wealthy nations have spent decades making childbirth safer, the US has watched its maternal mortality rate climb to disturbing heights. It’s a grim paradox because the US also spends more ...

Lawmakers want to expand the Work Opportunity Tax Credit, which for three decades has rewarded companies that hire people with barriers to employment. New research shows it doesn’t work.

I’ve never much enjoyed night-time work. Neither as a bleary-eyed teenager clearing plates at corporate events, nor as a new mother trying to settle my gassy baby. I treat my circadian rhythm how I ...

When analyst attention is absorbed by CEO turnover, other companies in their portfolio pay the price, new Cornell research finds. The study, "Analyst Rational Inattention: Evidence from CEO Turnover ...

Product availability has become one of the most powerful drivers of customer loyalty in UK grocery retail, according to DHL ...

Los Angeles is missing $400 million in taxes and fees from cannabis businesses and may only be able to recoup less than half of it.