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Where are millennials most confident about their careers?

Although youth unemployment remains stubbornly high in many countries, millennials are surprisingly confident about their career prospects.

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The pocket money gender gap - 12% and growing

Girls as young as eight are feeling the effects of the gender wage gap, with boys receiving more pocket money than their sisters.

This interactive map shows where the world's migrants are from and where they’re going

The US is the country with the most international migrants in the world, at 46 million people, while as a region, Europe is top of the table with 76 million people living there who have c...

Working Hours in Europe - Which Countries Work the Longest?

At 35 hours a week, France has the shortest working week in Europe. But this is only in legal terms: in reality, the French work more hours per week than the EU average.

In pictures: 25 years of our East Asia meeting

This year, the World Economic Forum will celebrate 25 years of shaping the agenda in South-East Asia when our regional meeting takes place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 1 to 2 June.

This phenomenon has boosted global GDP by 10% in 2 years

The amount of data flowing between countries has grown 45 times larger in the last decade and now has a bigger impact on GDP growth than traditional trade in goods.

Where do millennials work the longest hours?

Millennials have been labelled lazy and unproductive but a new report suggests the opposite may be true.

There's a global divide in smartphone use. But these countries are closing the gap fast

Nearly half the world’s adults have a smartphone and although there is still a significant gap between developed and developing countries, the gap is closing rapidly.

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Millennials: 'We expect to keep working till the day we die'

Millennials, the portion of the population born after 1980, are expected to make up over a third of the global workforce by 2020, and many from the generation are limbering up to be part ...

Does gender stereotyping begin in the cradle?

Can you tell whether a baby is a boy or girl just from its cry? Science says no, but a study shows adults still make gender assumptions about infants as young as three months old, based s...

Which are the most important human rights? Depends on where you're from

What you consider to be your most important human right appears to depend largely on where you live, according to a new survey by YouGov.

Cash will soon be a thing of the past. Won't it?

A society in which cash is obsolete no longer seems that far-fetched.

Girls outperformed boys on this tech test, so what keeps them out of the industry?

Technology might be a male-dominated field, but teenage girls appear to be proving they are better at the subject than boys. A 2014 study of US students by the National Assessment for Edu...