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Effect of Covid-19 on global productivity
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2020-07-21
The World Bank has published a new book on “Global Productivity: Trends, Drivers, and Policies”, edited by Alistair Dieppe, with a database covering 164 countries over 1980-2018. The book analyses the...
How Much Does COVID-19 Increase with Mobility?
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2020-08-06
How effective are restrictions on geographic mobility in limiting the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic?
On the Management of Population Immunity
Last updated
2020-09-06
A new working paper by network member Flavio Toxvaerd, together with Robert Rowthorn considers a SIR model of infectious diseases, such as COVID-19 or swine flu, in which costly treatment or...
SITE/LSE Covid-19 webinar April 22
Last updated
2020-04-21
SITE at Stockholm School of Economics and the LSE Institute of Global Affairs organizes a webinar with leading scholars about early lessons from Sweden's approach to COVID-19 on April 22.
Lockdowns are meant to provide time
Last updated
2020-08-20
Debraj Ray (NYU) and Sreenivasan Subramanian (Chennai, India) write a very powerful critique of India's COVID-19 lockdown policy, that rings true much more broadly. Lockdowns and social distancing can...
Do people change their behaviour when face masks are mandatory?
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2020-09-07
Although face masks reduce the chance of transmission of coronavirus, some governments have been reluctant to make their use mandatory in public places. People’s behaviour is likely to change when...
How will climate change and the need for energy transformation affect environmental policy in Eastern Europe?
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2022-01-10
The need for urgent climate action and energy transformation away from fossil fuels is widely acknowledged. Yet, current country plans for emission reductions do not reach the requirements to contain...
What does the gas crisis reveal about European energy security?
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2022-01-25
The recent record-high gas prices have triggered legitimate concerns regarding the EU’s energy security, especially with dependence on natural gas from Russia. This brief discusses the historical and...
Does Sweden benefit from providing development aid and what does research really say about the effects of development aid?
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2022-02-04
There are claims that development aid is ineffective and does not yield results. What does research say about the effects of development aid? SITE Deputy Director and researcher Anders Olofsgård...
Torbjörn Becker in Dagens Industri: “Neither Russia nor the West has anything to gain from an enlarged conflict in Ukraine”
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2022-02-11
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.