This research tests the long-standing hypothesis put forth by Lynn White, Jr. (1962) that the adoption of the heavy plough in Northern Europe led to increased population density and urbanization. White argued that it was impossible to take proper advantage of the fertile clay soils of Northern...

This Joint Country Evaluation of the development cooperation of Denmark, Sweden and the European Union with Bangladesh has a dual objective of firstly providing accountability through an overall independent assessment of the cooperation strategy and delivery of the Evaluation Partners in...

People in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden work more than the countries’ high tax rates would lead us to predict. This observation is explained by a shared belief system that emphasises women’s rights to labour market participation.