Some regulatory reforms do not change just a specific signal that can be represented by a quantitative continuous variable, such as a tax rate, a price cap, or an emission threshold. The standard theory of reform in applied welfare economics (going back to contributions by e.g. Ramsey, Samuelson...

The Sustainable Development Goal 5 emphasises the need to achieve gender parity in economic participation. Perusing the extant scholarship on female economic inclusion in Africa, we identify two pressing gaps. First, we find that previous studies have not explored how innovation affects female...

This paper investigates the consequences of obesity on individuals’ cognitive ability using data from the British Cohort Study. Specifically, it focuses on the outcomes of two cognitive tests: the B.A.S. (British Ability Scale), taken when cohort members are 10 years old, and a basic (literacy...