Post by Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)

🤔 Rising employment, rising incomes, more aid dollars flowing - do the headline numbers ever tell the whole story? Three new World of Labour pieces suggest not. 🔹 Does getting richer make us happier? - Not always. Growth transforms lives where poverty is widespread, but in wealthy nations, health and social ties matter more than GDP. Ekaterina Oparina Richard Layard Andrew E. Clark 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dN_FVsDw 🔹 Romania's labour market, 2000-2024 - Employment is up, but demographic decline and emigration are shrinking the workforce. Eva Militaru unpacks the disparities still holding back full participation. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eVtzcrhR 🔹 When aid stops overnight - Satellite data reveals what happened when USAID funding froze in 2025: a 6% drop in night-time brightness near affected sites and 2.7 million more people facing acute food insecurity. Marcella Nicolini Fabio Sabatini 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ecprmSzf Dive in 👇 #WorldOfLabour #LaborEconomics #LISER #IZA