The overall Covid19 Infection Fatality Rate (IFR) for a given location is intrinsically linked to the age-specific pattern of infections.

Increasing life expectancy and a lower birth-rate means the world’s population is aging rapidly. But what retirement policies will have the best outcome for what countries? Listen to the latest...

Anders Olofsgård and Evelina Bonnier has written a FREE Policy Brief summarizing the Development Day 2014 on the topic 'Gender and Development: the Role of Female Leadership'

Developing countries face substantially different trade-offs and even more uncertainty compared to rich countries when dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. The International Growth Centre (IGC)...

The effect of face masks worn in public on the spread of Covid-19 has not been systematically analyzed so far. A new IZA Discussion Paper by Klaus Wälde and coauthors uses the synthetic control method...

SSE became a member of the UN initiative PRME (Principles for Responsible Management Education) in 2013 and has now submitted its third progress report.

There is much discussion about the different policy responses in the Nordic countries and the resulting economic impact. Finnish public service YLE has put together an article (in Swedish) summarizing...

The Journal of Public Economics is excited to announce a new fast-track procedure to help researchers publish their articles on COVID-19 related subjects that fall under the broad definition of public...