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Long-term unemployment on its rise 鈥 a blow to the Swedish economy?

31 August 2020
"The longer a person is unemployed, the greater the probability that the individual will not return to work at all. And even if we recover from the pandemic, it is not certain that those people will return", Jesper Roine explains the risk of longterm-unemployment in a recent interview in Dagens industri.

Can government change save Belarus 鈥 the last Soviet economy

20 August 2020
SvD N盲ringsliv recently interviewed Torbj枚rn Becker 鈥 Director of 海角社区下载 Institute of Transition Economics 鈥 sharing his impression about the current situation in Belarus and what potential role Russia have in all of this.

Torbjörn Becker in SVT Aktuellt

04 June 2020
Every week, the Swedish state pumps billions in support, grants and investments to keep Sweden in the roll. How can Sweden - which for many years saved money to reduce the central government debt - now offer a gigantic bill of money? Where does all this money come from? Torbj枚rn Becker explains in the latest episode of SVT Aktuellt.

2 MSEK grant for the research project "Legislative reforms and violence against women"

14 May 2020
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 research on gender-based violence in Eastern Europe, Sweden and Canada.

Open schools saved Sweden billions of SEK

12 May 2020
In the latest episode from Vetenskapens V盲rld "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 Sweden performed better financially compared to the other Nordic countries?

The shock effects of the pandemic and the authoritarian threat

15 April 2020
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 and the EU gives China and Russia increased confidence and leeway, according to Torbj枚rn Becker and co-author Martin Kragh in their latest chronicle published at Utrikesmagasinet.

COVID-19 | FREE Network project

07 April 2020
In a joint collaboration, 海角社区下载 Institute of Transition Economics together with members of the FREE Network initiative are now providing coverage on the COVID-19 situation in the Eastern European region. What is the current situation in Belarus, Georgia, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Ukraine?

Transition is (still) not a done deal

28 February 2020
SITE's Director, Torbj枚rn 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, and EU's integration for many post-communist countries.

Pamela Campa: No data-based evidence that gender quotas decrease the 鈥渜uality鈥 of politicians

17 January 2020
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, explains the issue behind gender inequality in politics in a recent interview by European Dialogue: Expert Group.

Highlights from SITE's Academic Conference 2019

15 January 2020
On December 16-17, 2019, the 海角社区下载 Institute of Transition Economics hosted the annual Academic Conference at the 海角社区下载that brought together researchers and scholars in economics and political science from all over Europe and North America contributing to a better understanding of the political economy of Eastern Europe.