How do Interest Rate Changes by a Central Bank Affect the Economy?

Research by Mattias Almgren, José-Elías Gallegos, John Kramer and Ricardo Lima accepted for publication at the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, finds that monetary policy has a stronger effect in countries with a higher share of people who are "liquidity constrained".

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How does Monetary Policy Affect the Real Economy?

Research by IIES Graduate Student Claire Thürwächter (with co-author Fédéric Holm-Hadulla, European Central Bank) accepted for publication in the European Economic Review.

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Early Childhood Development Programming

IIES Professor Ingvild Almås and Bet Caeyers (Research Economist at FAIR NHH) are leading the design and implementation of an ambitious Early Childhood Development (ECD) research program in Tanzania.

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Information for students and staff about the new Coronavirus

COVID-19: Information for Students and Staff

Information on the coronavirus in relation to Stockholm University's activities is updated continuously.

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Faculty News

A warm welcome to new Graduate Student Patrizia Massner 2021-06-28 Patrizia is a labor economist currently at the Department of Economics, but has recently been accepted as a Graduate Student at the IIES.
Iacopo Bianchi joins the IIES as a Graduate Student 2021-06-24 This fall Iacopo will join the IIES as a Graduate Student from the Department of Economics here at Stockholm University.
Get to know new Graduate Student, Dominik Biesalski 2021-06-23 Development economist Dominik Biesalski will go from being a research assistant at the IIES to a graduate student from September 2021.
Märta Almgren - new Graduate Student at the IIES 2021-06-22 Märta is currently an RA at the IIES and will be a Graduate Student with us from September 2021. We are very excited to follow her all the way through the remainder of her PhD studies!
Meet new Grad Student Mattias Hallberg 2021-06-21 Mattias first joined the IIES as a Research Assistant in 2019. We are excited to have him stay and complete his doctoral studies with us!

IIES in the Media

New US Secretary of Treasury to impose stricter regulations of the financial sector
In an article in SvD Näringsliv, IIES Assistant Professor, Mitch Downey, provides commentary on the newly appointed US Secretary of Treasury, Janet Yellen, and the reforms she intends to put forward.
Joe Biden's special task force to strengthen US trade unions
In an interview in Arbetsvärlden, IIES Assistant Professor Mitch Downey clarifies how the election of Joe Biden as the next President of the United States, will be beneficial for the country's trade unions as well as the middle class.
"We saved our economy in Sweden. But too many people died."
IIES Professor Lars Calmfors takes a critical stance in regard to the Swedish strategy to limit the spread of COVID-19, in American newspaper The Washington Post.
An unemployed youth will suffer permanent "scarring"
There are more effective measures than the proposed reduction of employer contributions for young people, write IIES Professor Lars Calmfors and former IIES Graduate Student David Seim Swedish newspaper, Svenska Dagbladet (SvD).
Politically, economically and psychologically - how will Europe cope with new lockdowns?
IIES Professor Ingvild Almås has been interviewed by Swedish TV, SVT, on the economic effects of another lockdown in Europe.

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Seminars & other Events

21 Sep Sascha Becker Monash University
24 Sep Thesis Defense - Divya Dev IIES
30 Sep Barbara Biasi Yale

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