Understanding Structural News Today

A free online course created by BU’s School of Social Work aims to help students and faculty understand the impacts of institutional and structural racism.

This essay aims to take a review of this recent literature bringing micro data to bear on structural change

The servicification of economic activity occurring across Africa has implications for the continent’s future. Using per capita nightlight luminosity as a proxy for economic development, this column finds a strong positive association between higher-skill services and economic growth that varies according to geography, institutions, technology, and market conditions. Data on