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Women in Power: Unpopular, unwilling or held back?
08 March 2020
Sweden is considered one of the most gender equal countries but the question remains whether there are still challenges when it comes to gender equality in Sweden. We interviewed Pamela Campa (Assistant Professor at SITE) where she shares her reflections on why there are still few women in power in Sweden.
Pamela Campa: No data-based evidence that gender quotas decrease the “quality” of politicians
17 January 2020
How acute is the issue of gender inequality in politics in the world today? And what is the world losing from the under-representation of women in politics? Pamela Campa, Assistant Professor at SITE, explains the issue behind gender inequality in politics in a recent interview by European Dialogue: Expert Group.
Prostitution and Violence - Evidence from Sweden
09 December 2019
Working paper: What are the consequences of the “Nordic Model” of prostitution legislation adopted in Sweden in 1999? This working paper focuses on various measures of violence, distinguishing between known and unknown perpetrator, indoor and outdoor crimes, and on health outcomes such as hospitalizations.
What Determines Top Income Shares? Evidence from the Twentieth Century
20 December 2017
By Jesper Roine (with Jonas Vlachos and Daniel Waldenström), Working Paper
On the Possibility of Political Change – Outcomes in Between Local and Global Equilibria
20 December 2017
By Jesper Roine (with Conny Olovsson), Working Paper
Women in Top Incomes: Evidence from Sweden 1974–2013
01 August 2017
by Jesper Roine (with Anne Boschini and Kristin Gunnarsson), IZA Discussion Paper
The Donor Footprint and Gender Gaps
01 June 2017
by Maria Perrotta Berlin, Evelina Bonnier and Anders Olofsgård, UNU Wider Working Paper
Closing the Gender Gap in Education: What is the State of Gaps in Labor Force Participation for Women, Wives and Mothers?
01 September 2013
by Ina Ganguli (with Ricardo Hausmann and Martina Viarengo), published in International Labour Review
The Dynamics of the Gender Gap: How do Countries Rank in Terms of Making Marriage and Motherhood Compatible with Work?
01 November 2009
by Ina Ganguli (with Ricardo Hausmann and Martina Viarengo), published by Ricardo Hausmann, Laura D. Tyson, Saadia Zahidi (eds), The Global Gender Gap Report 2009, The World Economic Forum (2009)