The Journal of Public Economics is excited to announce a new fast-track procedure to help researchers publish their articles on COVID-19 related subjects that fall under the broad definition of public...

A group of Swedish economists belonging to the SSE-CERN network published a short white paper with policy ideas for coping with the Covid-19 pandemic on March 24.

300 kg is the average weight of a Swede´s CO2 emissions for three weeks. Outside SSE the kilos can now nail you to the ground. The artwork CO2 Lock-In by the internationally recognized Stockholm-based...

There is much discussion about the different policy responses in the Nordic countries and the resulting economic impact. Finnish public service YLE has put together an article (in Swedish) summarizing...

IZA invites proposals for original research projects (each funded with up to EUR 125,000) that strengthen the collaboration between IZA's global network and local teams. Deadline: May 31, 2020.

SSE-CERN network members publish an article in the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten arguing that mass testing has large potential economic benefits.

Helsinki Graduate School of Economics has set up a "Situation Room" that allows researchers, government and the wider public to perform real-time analysis of the Finnish economy. We asked one of the...

A new report by Lena Hensvik and Oskar Nordström Skans contains an early assessment of the labor market impact of Covid 19 and the ensuing economic policy responses in Sweden. The report is written as...

A recent report by Lena Hensvik, Thomas Le Barbanchon and Roland Rathelot shows that job search on Sweden’s largest job board Platsbanken changed markedly around the time of the outbreak of Covid 19.

Network member Dirk Niepelt and coauthor Martín Gonzalez-Eiras embed lockdown choice in a simplified SIR model and solve for the optimal length and intensity of lockdown, assuming a trade-off between...