Economic Impact of Brazil's Environmental Governance on the Oil and Gas Sector

Original title: Environmental Governance in Brazil for the Oil and Gas Sector: Economic Impact of Environmental Regulation. Authors: Rose Mirian Hofmann, Thiago Costa Monteiro Caldeira, Danny de Castro Soares, Felipe Fernandes Reis, Mathias Schneid Tessmann, Rafael Richter Oliveira da Silva, and Rogério Boueri Miranda. Location of intervention: Brazil. Sample size: National sectoral data (2000-2024) and […]

Economic Impact of Brazil's Environmental Governance on the Oil and Gas Sector

Original title: Environmental Governance in Brazil for the Oil and Gas Sector: Economic Impact of Environmental Regulation. Authors: Rose Mirian Hofmann, Thiago Costa Monteiro Caldeira, Danny de Castro Soares, Felipe Fernandes Reis, Mathias Schneid Tessmann, Rafael Richter Oliveira da Silva, and Rogério Boueri Miranda. Location of intervention: Brazil. Sample size: National sectoral data (2000-2024) and […]

The Effect of Income-Based Mandates on the Demand for Private Hospital Insurance and its Dynamics

Principal Investigator: Omar Barroso Khodr Author(s): Thomas Buchmueller; Terence C. Cheng; Ngoc TA Pham; and Kevin E. Staub Original Title: The effect of income-based mandates on the demand for private hospital insurance and its dynamics Intervention Location: Australia (country in Oceania) Sample Size: 101,670 observations and 18,407 individuals. Sector: Health Economics Variable […]

How does gender bias in judicial decisions impact jury verdicts?

Principal Investigator: Bruno Benevit Original Title: The Persistence of the Criminal Justice Gender Gap: Evidence from 200 Years of Judicial Decisions Authors: Anna Bindler and Randi Hjalmarsson Intervention Location: England Sample Size: 192.701 judgments Sector: Public Sector Economics Main Variable of Interest: Convictions Type of Intervention: Institutional Reforms Methodology: OLS, DID Abstract […]

Is the reversal of relative rents a result of different alternative colonization strategies?

Principal Investigator: Eduarda Miller de Figueiredo Article Title: Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution Authors: Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson Intervention Location: World Sample Size: – Sector: Development Main Variable of Interest: Per Capita Income Type of Intervention: Urbanization Methodology: […]

What is Financial Wellbeing?

Principal Investigator: Viviane Pires Ribeiro Paper Title: Conceptualizing Financial Wellbeing: An Ecological Life Course Approach Authors: Fanny Salignac, Myra Hamilton, Jack Noone, Axelle Marjolin, and Kristy Muir Intervention Location: Australia Sample Size: 72 participants Broad Theme: Finance Main Variable of Interest: Financial Wellbeing Intervention Type: Redefining and reconceptualizing financial wellbeing […]

Does economic inequality affect the parenting style chosen by parents?

What drives the way parents raise their children? Can parenting be shaped by economic incentives and constraints? In this study, the authors construct a theory of choice regarding how parents raise their children, whether through a more permissive or more authoritarian parenting style. Through multinomial logistic regressions for OECD countries, it was possible to see that children are affected by parental preferences and the socioeconomic environment. Thus, a decline in the authoritarian style is observed in industrialized countries, and a higher incidence of permissive parenting is seen in countries with low inequality.

Do you know what Eurovision is?

Eurovision arrived in 1956 with a music competition format consisting of performances of original songs – one song per participating country – which are evaluated by a committee and also with public participation in the popular vote phase. In addition to all European countries, the contest is open to everyone […]

Procrastination: the two sides of the coin

Before we begin, let's do a brief survey of procrastination: who hasn't put off a task for as long as possible?! If you find someone who has never taken a few moments to look at the sky, think about nothing, and ended up "putting off" one of their obligations, tell us about it, because that person deserves a mention!