Strong Belief that the Rich are Rich due to Selfishness

A review of a study from over 60 countries shows that people perceive the rich's fortunes as a result of selfish behavior, that inequality is unfair, and that there is strong support for income redistribution.

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Empowering Women through Targeted Conditional Cash Transfers

Targeting payments of a nationwide conditional cash transfer program to women increased household spending on food by empowering women and enhancing their decision-making power in the household.

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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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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

Laia Navarro-Sola to publish in Restud 2022-05-16 Laia and her co-authors explore whether school’s causal impacts on test scores measure their overall impact on students, and exploit plausibly exogenous school assignments and data from Trinidad and Tobago to estimate the causal impacts of individual schools on several outcomes.
Join in and highlight the women who fought for the right to vote! 2022-04-04 Together with Riksarkivet, IIES graduate students Mattias Folkestad and Monir Bounadi seek help from the public to digitize one of Sweden's largest political name collections.
Tessa Bold and Jakob Svensson to publish in the AER 2022-03-30 Access to markets for high quality products increases income and productivity for Ugandan smallholder farmers
Ingvild Almås awarded ERC Consolidator Grant for research on global inequality 2022-03-17 This grant is one of the most prestigious grants awarded by the ERC.
Register data will increase knowledge about the pandemic 2022-03-15 What has the pandemic meant for public health and the economy? This is a question that a recently awarded grant from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond will hopefully help researchers provide answers to.

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