Inheritance institutions shape family structures and demographic decisions, with enduring implications for economic development. This lecture describes how inheritance rules affect fertility, marriage ...

2015 marks the centenary of the birth of the LSE’s Nobel Prize winning economist, William Arthur Lewis (1915-1991). Sir Arthur Lewis was awarded the Nobel Prize for economics for “pioneering research ...

"The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century" presents policy proposals from discussions convened among 50 of the world’s leading economists and policy experts at the London School ...