Department of Economics welcomes you to a seminar with David de la Croix, Universite Catholique Louvain, presenting "Nepotism vs. Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital in Academia...

This paper investigates the role of sorting between students and higher education programmes in driving social mobility in the UK. A model of education, labour supply and earnings allows for a rich...

Emil Bustos defends his PhD dissertation “Essays on Firms' Hiring, Investment and Risk Management Decisions” on May 10, 2022.

Andrew Proctor defends his PhD dissertation “Essays on Cognitive Skills, Human Capital and Econometric Methods” on January 17, 2023.

In a recently published op-ed in Dagens Industri (in Swedish), Torbjörn Becker shares his insights on Russia's real threat from the West, which is economic and not military.

In the latest episode of Ekonomibyrån "The stock market in times of crisis" Torbjörn Becker, Director of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), discusses the crisis between Russia and...

Given the current situation, Swedish financial support to Russia has been put into question. This was recently discussed in the major Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter, in an article in which Anders...

On this year's International Women's Day we would like to draw attention to the women impacted by the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation. Evidence from other armed conflicts suggests that...

The invasion of Ukraine has already begun reshaping the world. The bombardment of Ukrainian cities has led to the deaths of thousands of civilians and forced millions to flee the country. But the war...

Can oil and gas sanctions and EU’s plans to reduce dependence on Russian energy affect EU transition to renewables? Elena Paltseva, Associate Professor at the Stockholm Institute of Transition...