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New research: explaining the homogeneous diffusion of COVID-19 nonpharmaceutical interventions across heterogeneous countries
05 November 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted nearly every part of the globe. In the early phase of the pandemic, countries adopted nonpharmaceutical interventions. These interventions included school closures, travel restrictions, curfews, and quarantines. These strategies were motivated by the need for “social distancing” in order to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus. But it was not always clear which of these interventions work best. For this reason, governments were faced with the dilemma of acting both quickly and correctly.
New research: entrepreneurship boosts well-being
26 November 2018
Being an entrepreneur is hard work. On average, most entrepreneurs work longer hours and earns less than non-entrepreneurs. Despite this, the well-being of entrepreneurs is higher than that of non-entrepreneurs.
Scientific Brain Drain and Human Capital Formation After the End of the Soviet Union
01 August 2013
by Ina Ganguli, Centre of Migration Research Working Paper, Nr 62 (120)
Collocation and Scientific Collaboration: Evidence from a Field Experiment
20 December 2012
by Ina Ganguli (with Kevin Boudreau, Tom Brady, Patrick Gaule, Tony Hollenberg, Eva Guinan and Karim Lakhani), Harvard Business School Working Paper 13-023
Privatization and Quality: Evidence from Elderly Care in Sweden
15 November 2012
by Giancarlo Spagnolo (with M.A. Bergman and S. Lundberg), SITE Working Paper