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Even when paid leave is guaranteed, many men fear it would set them back at work. A new study from Norway shows a way to a solution. Many men say [...]

Byline: Seema Jayachandran Government assistance can be expensive, but a new study shows that some programs more than pay for themselves. As tax revenues shrink and emergency spending to address [...]

Government assistance can be expensive, but a new study shows that some programs more than pay for themselves. As tax revenues shrink and emergency spending to address the pandemic increases, [...]

The winners of this year's Nobel in economics did pioneering field experiments that sometimes didn't work as expected. When Michael Kremer looked at the data for a study underway in [...]

Byline: Seema Jayachandran It took an entrepreneur to reimagine the mundane home thermostat as an object of beauty - and then to make a fortune based on that vision. The [...]

It took an entrepreneur to reimagine the mundane home thermostat as an object of beauty -- and then to make a fortune based on that vision. The entrepreneur was Tony [...]

Byline: Seema Jayachandran You may not like paying taxes, but your burden will be even higher if others don't pay their fair share. That, in a nutshell, goes a long [...]

You may not like paying taxes, but your burden will be even higher if others don't pay their fair share. That, in a nutshell, goes a long way toward explaining [...]

Cash bail favors the rich, who can pay it and go home, while poorer people are frequently forced to remain in jail while they await trial. That fact alone helps [...]

Popular though they may be, lotteries, with their billion-dollar jackpots, come uncomfortably close to being taxes on those who can least afford them.Millions of lower-income people funnel a disproportionately large [...]

''Believe in yourself and in your future'' may sound like a vapid self-help mantra. But there is growing evidence that it can be used as an anti-poverty strategy. Consider three [...]

As the world's population grows, so does demand for land. One upshot is that setting aside big tracts to protect endangered species and carbon-rich forests is increasingly expensive. Enter the [...]

Byline: SEEMA JAYACHANDRAN As the world's population grows, so does demand for land. One upshot is that setting aside big tracts to protect endangered species and carbon-rich forests is increasingly [...]

Byline: SEEMA JAYACHANDRAN and ROHINI PANDE Why are Indian children so short? Over 40 percent of those 5 and under are stunted - meaning they are in the bottom 2 [...]