Can gadgets help to educate young people? Many would say yes. Digital literacy is seen as a key enabler to a modern upbringing and mobile devices are being introduced at ever earlier ages. However, to others, they are potentially harmful distractions. There are schools that frown on kids toting tablets and universities that ban laptops from lecture theatres. Many of those who eschew these devices… Read More
Climate change does not respect borders and we must work together to fight its threats. These are not the words of a ‘tree-hugger’, but the US Department of Defense. A recently published report says that extreme weather, rising temperatures, unpredictable rainfall and rising oceans could fuel armed insurgency and heighten the impact of a pandemic, through their effects on political instability, poverty, migration and resource disputes.… Read More
Bosses have always wanted to know how to get the most out of their workers. Back in 1924, the big cheeses at the Western Electric Company wanted to find out how the level of lighting, among other things, affected productivity at their Hawthorne Works factory near Chicago. So they gradually reduced the illumination in one part of the factory. Rather to their surprise, productivity rose as lighting levels… Read More
Research Paper Title The Challenges of Reintegration for Service Members and their Families. Background The ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have posed a number of reintegration challenges to service members. Much of the research focuses on those service members experiencing psychological problems and being treated at the VA. In this article, The researchers contend… Read More
An article by Nigel Hawkes for the British Medical Journal (BMJ), published on 24 October 2014: “Hold meetings standing up,” urged Kevin Fenton of Public Health England at the launch of a new drive to make Britons more active. “Or hold them while taking a walk,” he added, claiming that this was already common practice… Read More
The influence of peers could play an important role in the take up of social programmes. However, estimating peer effects has proven challenging given the problems of reflection, correlated unobservables, and endogenous group membership. The researchers overcome these identification issues in the context of paid paternity leave in Norway using a regression discontinuity design. In… Read More
Those of you who employ workers through an agency should be aware of new legislation brought in by the HMRC. This legislation stipulates that any worker supplied through an intermediary (such as an agency) will be treated as “employed” for tax purposes. The aim is to tackle employers exploiting self-employment status to avoid paying National… Read More
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