A 2023 study by SITE researchers explores the overlooked link between foreign aid and female empowerment. Using aid project data and surveys, it reveals a modest but significant positive effect on...

Why did COVID-19 hit the automotive sector so hard, and can a similar situation in the future be avoided?

Interview with Michael Halling, Director of the Sustainable Finance Initiative at Misum, on how key features of dealing with market risk can be related to the COVID-19 crisis – and why it differs...

Most reports on the labor-market effects of the first wave of COVID-19 have pointed to women, low-skilled workers and other vulnerable groups being more affected. Research on the topic shows a more...

Policy brief: As time passes and archives open, ever more topics in Russian military-economic history can be studied with primary sources. One such theme is the colossal evacuation of industrial...

To highlight the International Women's Day, researchers from Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and Centre for Economic Analysis (CenEA) have compiled a brief overview of studies that...

By Giancarlo Spagnolo (with Martin Dufwenberg), SITE Working Paper (revised)

How have Swedes changed their behavior during the COVID-19 crisis? A new research project from the Stockholm School of Economics offers insights into mobility and hoarding over the past – and coming –...

Professor Bali Swain and Dr. Min’s, Edward Elgar book on Interlinkages between the Sustainable Development Goals, is scheduled to be released at the UN’s 14th Inter-agency and Expert Group meeting on...

What happens when top performers from different worlds come together?