Social cash transfers (SCTs) are considered a priority in least-developed countries, where the gap between the need for basic social protection and existing provisions is greatest. This study represents one of the first comprehensive treatments of the impact of social cash transfers in...

TNF-alpha inhibitors represent one of the most important areas of biopharmaceuticals by sales, with three blockbusters accounting for 8 per cent of total pharmaceutical sale in Norway. Novelty of the paper is to examine, with the use of a unique natural policy experiment in Norway, to what...

This paper discusses how firms use ¡°big data¡± and the role and challenges for economists when getting involved in big data research. The firms¡¯ success stories have taken advantage of building the biggest databases, using the best extraction tools, and using the fastest algorithms for...