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Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)
  

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Start year: End year: Sort alphabetically Sort by last update Sort by contract start date 1 2 >> Actors, Markets, and Institutions in Developing Countries Prof Jakob Svensson Period: 9/1/08 - 8/31/12 Development Economics has seen an explosion of high quality empirical work in the past ten years. But despite the quality of many individual researchers, Europe is lagging behind the US in terms of number of students, faculty, and publications. Remedying this gap is important, not only for ... A dynamic integrated global model of the climate and the economy with a large number of regions Prof John Hassler Period: 1/1/06 - 12/31/13 The purpose of this project is to construct a global general equilibrium model of the dynamic interactions between the economy and the climate with a very large number of different regions. Such a model does not exist and its construction would contribute significantly to our understanding of how ... A Novel Approach to Estimating the Effect of Wealth on Lifetime Outcomes, Behavior and Attitudes Dr Robert Östling Period: 1/1/12 - 12/31/14 Bridging the digital devide: A study on the barriers to IT and Telecom (ICT) adoption in developing countries Prof Jakob Svensson Period: 1/1/06 - 12/31/08 Constitutional rules and economic policy outcomes Prof Torsten Persson Period: 1/1/04 - 12/31/09 Theoretical and empirical research in the last few years has uncovered systematic effects of constitutions – electoral rules and forms of government – on several dimensions of economic policy and performance – size and composition of government spending, deficits, corruption, structural policies ... Development of competency and regulations – Would employers like to provide more employment-sponsored training? Prof Per Krusell It might be difficult for employers to make investments in human capital. For example, expenses for employment-sponsored training are directly entered as a cost and cannot be written off over several years. Employment-sponsored training cannot be financed by loans, it must be paid cash. Thus, it ... Evaluation of new tools to enhance accountability in the public sector in developing countries Prof Jakob Svensson Period: 1/1/07 - 12/31/09 What are the most effective ways to increase primary school enrollment and improve primary health outcomes in poor countries? The traditional approach to answer this question is to evaluate and compare specific interventions at the household or provider (school, clinic) level. However, as the ... Evaluation of new tools to enhance accountability in the public sector in developing countries Prof Jakob Svensson Period: 1/1/07 - 12/31/09 Family and work or career and family? The fertility patterns, educational choices and careers of Swedish men and women Dr Anna Sjögren Period: 1/1/11 - 12/31/13 n the last decades women have increased their labour force participation and education levels. Concurrently rising wage-inequality within sectors has been observed. Skill biased technical change is one of the driving forces of rising wages at the top and of increased demand for highly educated ... Health Service Delivery and Demand for Preventive Care in Developing Countries: Micro Evidence Based on Randomized Controlled Trials and Retrospective Data Prof Jakob Svensson Period: 1/1/10 - 12/31/12 Approximately 11 million children under-five die each year and almost half of these deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa. More than half of these children will die of diseases that could easily have been prevented or treated if the children had had access to a small set of proven, inexpensive ... 1 2 >>