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No data-based evidence that gender quotas decrease the “quality” of politicians
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2020-01-17
How acute is the issue of gender inequality in politics in the world today? And what is the world losing from the under-representation of women in politics? Pamela Campa, Assistant Professor at SITE,...
Transition is (still) not a done deal
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2020-02-28
SITE's Director, Torbjörn Becker, shares his thoughts and reflection on a Baltic Rim Economies article about 30 years after the first post-communist election in Poland, the fall of the Berlin Wall,...
What has happened to the Russian economy since 2000?
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2020-03-05
Although significant growth has been achieved since 2000, all of this came in the first two tenures of Putin in the Kremlin during the increasing oil prices. But is Russia still a hostage to the whims...
Women in Power: Unpopular, unwilling or held back?
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2020-03-08
Sweden is considered one of the most gender equal countries but the question remains whether there are still challenges when it comes to gender equality in Sweden. We interviewed Pamela Campa...
The shock effects of the pandemic and the authoritarian threat
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2020-04-15
Six months after the corona virus first appeared, the world economy is entering a deep economic crisis that could result in political power shifts at global level. The absence of leadership in the US...
Can Increased Textbook Usage Affect Student Learning in Low-Income Countries
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2020-05-06
Anders Olofsgård (Associate Professor at SITE) together with co-authors Jean-Benoit Falisse and Marieke Huysentruyt studied the impact of a simple “textbooks for self-study” incentive scheme targeting...
Vacancy open: Research Assistant at SITE
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2020-05-11
Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics are now looking for a new Research Assistant to help out with the research and policy work of our institution. Are you our next RA this fall?
Open schools saved Sweden billions of SEK
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2020-05-12
In the latest episode from Vetenskapens Värld "The way out of corona", Jesper Roine among many other experts explains what the pandemic measures from the government have cost the Swedish economy. Has...
2 MSEK grant for the research project "Legislative reforms and violence against women"
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2020-05-14
SITE Researchers Pamela Campa, Elena Paltseva, Maria Perrotta Berlin and Giancarlo Spagnolo were awarded 2 MSEK from Jan Wallanders and Tom Hedelius foundation and Tore Browaldhs foundation for their...
The Importance of Remittances
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2020-09-02
How important are remittances from migrant workers for the economies of low-income countries? And how does international legislation to prevent illicit financial flows affect the ability to send such...