The gap between men and women entering care-sector jobs like teaching, nursing, and social work is often larger in more gender-equal countries. A new study links this pattern to economic development ...

Migration flows into the world’s rich economies are slowing down, according to an OECD report published on Monday. Although overall numbers remain historically high, permanent migration to OECD ...

Child mortality in the U.S., defined as deaths of children age 1 to 19, has likewise seen slower declines than in other ...

A specter is haunting Europe—the specter of aging. Many Western countries are facing what the World Bank calls a “profound demographic crisis.” The twin perils of an aging population and record-low ...

Claudia Goldin has been talking about babies a lot during the past year. The 79-year-old Harvard University professor, who won the Nobel Prize in economics in 2023 for research on the history of women ...

"I appeal to the rich countries of the world to very strongly increase the resettlement opportunities around the world," he said, after touring this camp on the Thai-Myanmar border and listening to ...

The White House. — Copyright GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File Sarah Silbiger The White House. — Copyright GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File Sarah Silbiger ...

Year after year, the small, densely forested west African nation of Liberia is facing ever more extreme impacts of the climate crisis, including floods and droughts that wreak havoc for farmers and ...

Felicity Goodyear-Smith has received funding from the NZ Health Research Council, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment, and other NZ research ...

UNHCR chief António Guterres called on Tuesday for rich countries to grant significantly more refugees the chance to settle on their shores and enjoy "new opportunities for a new life." Guterres made ...