Science Skepticism Across 24 Countries

Prevalence of hepatitis A across various countries in the Middle East, African and Eastern European countries

Growth across Countries

Numerous studies have explored the relationship between economic freedom and longrun economic growth across countries. See, for example, the studies cited in the recent review by Berggren (2003). One particular aspect of economic freedom that has received relatively little attention in the empirical growth literature, however, is the extent of government regulation. Determining the impact of re...

Putting science across

If you haven't gone through it yet, you almost certainly will: that spine-chilling moment when you realise that the comfy postdoc life is over, and you've got to get a career. One of three things will happen to you: you'll either land your dream research job, you'll make a seamless career change and do something else instead, or you'll go into a fully fledged 'oh no, what am I going to do next'...

Department of Quantitative Social Science University access for disadvantaged children: A comparison across English speaking countries

In this paper we consider whether certain countries are particularly adept (or particularly poor) at getting children from disadvantaged homes to study for a bachelor’s degree. A series of university access models are estimated for four English speaking countries (England, Canada, Australia and the United States) which include controls for comparable measures of academic achievement at age 15. ...

Islamic & non Islamic Countries Cooperation: Perspective on Science Diplomacy Model