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Highlights from Academic Conference 2019
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2020-01-15
On December 16-17, 2019, the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics hosted the annual Academic Conference at the Stockholm School of Economics that brought together researchers and scholars in...
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...
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?
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,...