The IIES is a research institute at Stockholm University. Founded in 1962, it has become one of the leading institutions in Europe in advanced research in economics.
Research by Torsten Persson (IIES) and Timothy Besley (LSE) shows how market and policy failures can prevent welfare-enhancing green transitions, or make ongoing ones too slow.
The proportion of local politicians with weak ties to the labor market and to the nuclear family is higher among populist, radical-right Sweden Democrats and their voters than among other parties in Sweden.
The education of future researchers is a key objective of the IIES. Here you can read more about Graduate Studies at the IIES as well as the PhD program at Stockholm University.
New research by Professors Torsten Persson (IIES) and Timothy Besley (LSE) shows how market failures, as well as policy failures, can prevent welfare-enhancing green transitions, or make ongoing green transitions too slow.
Older siblings’ choice of higher education has a big impact on what their younger siblings apply for, even when it leads them to worse* education. This is the result of a new study with data from four countries, including Sweden and USA. The study is published in the highly ranked scientific journal The Quarterly Journal of Economics.