News at IIES
- Laia Navarro-Sola wins EALE Best Poster Award 2021 2021-09-20 The award was received for her poster presentation: Secondary School Expansion through Televised Lessons: The Labor Market Returns of the Mexican Telesecundaria.
- 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!
- New Graduate Students at the IIES 2021-06-18 The IIES is thrilled to welcome Mattias Hallberg, Märta Almgren, Dominik Biesalski, Iacopo Bianchi and Patrizia Massner as Graduate Students this fall.
- New Center for Monetary Policy and Financial Stability (CeMoF) 2021-05-27 We are very happy and proud to announce that a new Center for Monetary Policy and Financial Stability (CeMoF) has been established at Stockholm University.
- New RAs at the IIES 2021-05-06 The IIES is excited to welcome Isabella Maassen, Vaibhav Rathi and Maija Kaartinen this fall.
- Per Krusell elected Foreign Honorary Member to the AEA 2021-04-26 The award is presented by the American Economic Association to foreign economists of distinction.
- Gustavo de Souza joining as Assar Lindbeck Fellow 2021-03-12 We are absolutely thrilled to have Gustavo de Souza (University of Chicago) join the IIES as our first Assar Lindbeck Fellow!
- Introducing visiting grad student, Chloe Nibourel 2021-02-09 Read about Chloe´s experiences joining the IIES in the midst of a pandemic.
- Jonathan de Quidt new Research Affiliate at CEPR 2020-12-18 CEPR promote the work of young economists by providing research support and an appropriate environment within which to enter the international scene.
- Successful thesis defense for Magnus Åhl 2020-12-16 On Monday 14 December, IIES Graduate Student, Magnus Åhl, successfully defended his thesis "Essays on Individual-Level Wage Stickiness and Forward Guidance".
- Successful thesis defense for Selene Ghisolfi 2020-10-28 On Thursday 22 October, IIES graduate student Selene Ghisolfi successfully defended her thesis "Fairness, Technology Adoption, Water Sanitation and Pandemic Control: Six essays on four topics in Development Economics"
- Ingvild Almås elected Member of the EEA Council 2020-10-26 As a council member, Ingvild will play an important part in strengthening the economic sciences in Europe.
- Meet new Graduate Student Stefan Hinkelmann 2020-10-16 Stefan Hinkelmann first joined the IIES as a Visiting Graduate Student, but wanted to stay and was accepted as a Graduate Student in 2020.
- Experts to comment on the 2020 Nobel Laureates 2020-10-12 Two researchers are available to give expert commentary on this year's Nobel Laureates in Economics.
- Konrad Burchardi elected member of the Editorial Board at ReStud 2020-10-06 The Review of Economic Studies (ReStud) is one of the leading economics journals in the world!
- Karin Kinnerud successfully defends her thesis 2020-09-21 On 11 September, Karin successfully defended her thesis "Financial Choice and Public Policy".
- Successful thesis defense for Kasper Kragh-Sørensen 2020-09-16 On 10 September IIES Graduate Student Kasper Kragh-Sørensen successfully defended his thesis "On Housing, Mortgages and Taxation".
- Benedetta Lerva successfully defends her thesis 2020-09-03 On Thursday 27 August, Benedetta Lerva successfully defended her thesis "Worms, Farms and Schools: Three Essays on Investment Choices in Uganda".
- Torsten Persson in the Government's Corona Commission 2020-07-03 A commission has been tasked with evaluating the measures taken by the Swedish government and regions to limit the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 as well as the effects of the spread.
- Tobias Broer promoted to Associate Professor 2020-06-18 Tobias originally joined the IIES as Assistant Professor in 2009 after having obtained his PhD from EUI in Florence, Italy.
- Grant received to study effects of pension reform 2020-06-17 Skandia's affiliated foundations have decided to support new research where the purpose is to study the effect of Sweden's reformed pension system on household savings.
- John Hassler new board member at FORES 2020-06-11 FORES is a green and liberal think tank. They are a foundation and non-profit NGO and seek to renew the debate in Sweden with a belief in entrepreneurship and creating opportunities for people to shape their own lives.
- Richard Foltyn successfully defends his doctoral thesis 2020-06-08 In his thesis, Richard investigates the savings and portfolio-choice decisions households make, and the underlying drivers of such decisions.
- Successful thesis defense for Has Van Vlokhoven 2020-05-28 On 27 May, IIES graduate student Has Van Vlokhoven successfully defended his thesis: On the Cost of Capital, Profits and the Diffusion of Ideas. Due to COVID-19, it took place via Zoom and this was the first time the IIES held a defense remotely.