The increased use of remote working will not completely fade away after the defeat of COVID-19. This structural change in production presents numerous challenges, of which the unequal distribution of housing conditions across individuals is of the utmost importance, as it creates new sources of inequality both in current earnings … Read more
The topic of migration and forced displacement takes central attention in national, regional and global policies. However, the debate is often confounded by a political and populist narrative that is not grounded in evidence. As such, this policy brief highlights the research evidence base and aims to propagate its conclusions … Read more
With Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing becoming mainstream, it is urgent to develop a standardised set of information that investors and companies can use in their decision-making process. Information consistency, integrity and trustworthiness, and appropriate evaluation of the impact of the ESG-related efforts are essential to ensure positive spill-over … Read more
Global care chains connect people across the world through care work: households transfer care needs to one another, reinforcing unfair gender dynamics and the undervaluation of care work. Migrant care workers face several struggles: they often work in the informal economy, receive low wages, and lack access to social protection. … Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a trade-off between limiting its health impact and maintaining economic activity. Welfare economics offers tools to conceptualize this trade-off. We review four such tools: value of statistical life (VSL), value of statistical life years (VSLYs), quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs), and social welfare analysis. We find the … Read more
Roughly one-seventh of humanity lives in countries mired in poverty. With inequality on the rise, many people do not have access to education, public services, and good jobs. These challenges are especially notable in cities; 70% of the world’s population is expected to live in cities by 2050. An effort … Read more
In this policy brief, we recommend the institution of a Global Universal Basic Income (GUBI). We define this as a periodic payment unconditionally delivered to all individuals worldwide, without means-test or work requirement, paid in cash or other appropriate form. It should be funded through a tax on financial transactions, … Read more
There is global consensus that enabling universal participation in early childhood development, education, and care programs is one of the most effective tools available to policy makers. It improves individual and societal outcomes on a wide range of indicators. This includes social cohesion in increasingly unequal societies that are affected … Read more
Many of the major challenges of the twenty-first century—including the current dissatisfaction of population groups who feel excluded by globalization and technological advancement—may be viewed as a “decoupling” of economic and social prosperity. In this policy brief, we present two new indices of wellbeing—solidarity (S) and agency (A)—to be considered … Read more
Despite a sustained period of falling unemployment pre-pandemic, many workers across the G20 have been displaced from middle income employment into insecure, low income, poor-quality work. Compounded by the impact of COVID-19, this paucity of “good jobs” has both economic and societal impacts and contributes to distrust in institutions and … Read more
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