Ukrainian refugees prefer countries with better job opportunities to countries with higher social benefits. This is the finding of a recent study by the ifo Institute and LMU Munich, which surveyed over 3,300 Ukrainian refugees in Europe. “The prospect of a job that matches their qualifications and a higher wage level has a much stronger effect on refugees than social assistance or child benefits,” says Panu Poutvaara, Director of the ifo Center for Migration and Development Economics and professor at LMU’s Faculty of Economics. “We see that wage differences play an almost four times greater role in the choice of destination country of Ukrainian refugees than differences in social benefits.” 

The federal government’s Medicare program and older adults together spend $4.4 billion a year on care that has low clinical value for patients and can even raise their risk of harm, a new study finds.

The party tourism industry model promotes and protects extreme predatory behaviour, which can lead to sexual and gender based violence, in order to make money, new research says.The party tourism industry model promotes and protects extreme predatory behaviour, which can lead to sexual and gender based violence, in order to make money, new research says.

Installing solar panels and battery packs can lower electricity costs and help people manage local and regional power outages affordably, a new Stanford study finds.