After several decades of studies, the academic community still does not have an answer to whether foreign aid affects growth. SITE assistant professor Maria Perrotta Berlin tries to answer why aid...

Lennart Samuelson has recently given interviews on his monograph "Tankograd: The Formation of a Soviet Company Town" (Palgrave Macmillan 2011).

“Japan is back - Implications of the Takaichi Economic Policy” with Naoyuki Yoshino, Keio University

"Agents of Globalization? The Role of Foreign Workers in Japan’s Economic Trajectory" with Jesper Edman, Waseda University

The Forum for Research on Eastern Europe: Climate and Environment (FREECE) together with the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) invites academics to a one-day workshop on 'The Next Era...

The students in E-Commerce Retail Club met with Shopify, a powerhouse in the world of e-commerce.

Last week, we were dismayed to find that the “heckling” in connection with elections to the board of the student union at the Stockholm School of Economics included crude and sexist comments. The...

"Digital Transformation & Japan: Inevitable, but When?" with Professor William W. Baber, Kyoto University

A meta-analysis of field audits of gender gaps in application outcomes between 1976 and 2020 found that the discrimination of women for male-typed and balanced jobs decreased over time. Anna Dreber...

Sanctions play a crucial role in curbing Russia's ambitions & ending the war on Ukraine, yet their strategic importance is often overlooked. In this policy brief, experts from SITE, KSE, SSE Riga,...