Microeconomics

Gender

Who brings the bread home? When pay parity collides with gender stereotypes

Susana Reina

When a woman earns more than her partner, the home can become a mirror of cultural tensions that still bind female success to the weight of guilt and wounded masculinity.

Brazil

Brazil ignores its emigrants while remittances hit a record high

Camila Escudero

For the fifth consecutive year, Brazil has hit a record high for remittances from personal transfers from abroad.