The total fertility rates differ substantially across high-income countries. In some countries, the total fertility rate is as low as 1.3, and factors behind such low levels are not well understood....

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...

This platform explores how financial markets can be put to work for a sustainable development. The financial system plays a key role for reaching the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

by Elena Paltseva (with Tore Ellingsen), published in The Review of Economic Studies

Economist at Sveriges Riksbank

Affiliated Research Fellow, Professor - Luleå Institute of Technology

We are delighted to welcome five new researchers to the Economics Department, including three new Assistant Professors (tenure-track) and two postdoctoral researchers (fixed term).

The Erasmus Program in Europe and the Tuition Fee Exchange in the US are just two examples of time exchange markets. Despite existing for decades, these markets experience a whole set of issues such...

by Anders Olofsgård (and R. Desai), published in the Quarterly Journal of Political Science

Three questions to Per Bolund, Minister for Financial Markets and Consumer Affairs, Deputy Minister for Finance.