The ratio (RMR) is the standard measure of sex differentials in mortality. It is commonly known that the RMR was historically small and increased throughout the 20th century. However, numerical properties might account for the trend in the RMR rather than sex differences in risk factors. In this...

Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate. These papers are generally brief and written in nontechnical language, and so are aimed at a broad audience...

Nobel laureate Christopher Pissarides thinks that either the euro should be dismantled or the direction of European economic policy reversed.

Nobel laureate Christopher Pissarides thinks that either the euro should be dismantled or the direction of European economic policy reversed.