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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...
Democracy in Transition - The First 30 Years
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2020-09-15
Last year marked an important milestone as the world celebrated the 30-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the first post-communist election in Poland. Despite the latest developments,...
Does Political Illegitimacy in Belarus Imply New Economic Risks?
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2020-10-06
Today’s political crisis in Belarus has given a rise to the phenomenon classified in political science as political illegitimacy. However, this is not a pure political phenomenon. It causes adverse...
Difficult times ahead for the Belarus economy
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2020-10-19
Policy brief: The Belarus economy was already struggling to generate growth before both the corona pandemic and the political protests following the August presidential election. The lack of growth...