IIES, Stockholm University

We're delighted to welcome Arash Nekoei to Oxford today for our last CSAE Lunchtime Seminar of term (join with @oxfordecondept.bsky.social) @arash-n.bsky.social @iies.su.se

When oil prices spike, inequality rises.
Recent research by @sorrytobekurt.bsky.social & co-authors shows oil shocks hurt low-income workers the most, lowering earnings growth & job prospects while high-income workers are largely unaffected.
Read more: bit.ly/4rRXNHw

🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨

Want hands-on experience in cutting-edge economic research? We have several Research Assistant positions open. Excellent prep for a PhD or research career. More info on each position: www.su.se/english/divi...

Tomorrow Tues 3 March at 1 pm (CET) we are very happy to welcome this semester's first seminar speaker Justine Knebelmann from @sciencespo.bsky.social who will present her paper "Discretion versus Algorithms: Bureaucrats, Tax Equity and Acceptability". www.su.se/english/divi...

Delighted to share that @konradburchardi.bsky.social has been appointed to the Board of Directors of @reveconstudies.bsky.social ! Well deserved🥳
www.su.se/english/divi...

TOMORROW Thurs 19 Feb at 10 am (CET) we look forward to hear Hugo Reichardt from CREI present his paper "Task-Specific Technical Change and Comparative Advantage". www.su.se/english/divi...

TOMORROW Weds 18 Feb at 10 am (CET) we are thrilled to welcome Caterina Soto Vieira from LSE who will present her paper "Home Production in the City". www.su.se/english/divi...

TOMORROW Friday 6 Feb at 9 am (CET) we are very much looking forward to welcome Adrien Couturier from The London School of Economics and Political Science who will present his paper "The Sentiment Channel of Fiscal Policy". www.iies.su.se/english/divi...

On MONDAY 2 Feb at 10 am (CET) we are thrilled to welcome Brian Amorim Cabaco from @ucl.ac.uk who will present his paper "The Macroeconomic Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions in the United States". www.su.se/english/divi...

TOMORROW Tues 27 Jan at 10 am (CET) we are very pleased to welcome @petterberg.bsky.social from @sthlmschoolofecon.bsky.social who is presenting his paper "Schooling for Profit: Long-run Effects of Private Providers in Public Education". www.su.se/english/divi...

Florencia Hnilo. Photo: Vanessa Coleman.

On Monday 26 Jan at 10 am (CET) we are very happy to welcome Florencia Hnilo from Stanford University who will present her job market paper "RCTs, Awareness, and Assignment Effects". www.su.se/english/divi...

TOMORROW Fri 23 Jan at 9 am (CET) we look forward to welcome Shreya Tandon from @harvard.edu who will present her job market paper "Job Exploration Risk and Spousal Co-working: Evidence from India". www.su.se/english/divi...

TODAY Thurs 22 Jan at 10 am (CET) we are thrilled to welcome
@tilmangraff.bsky.social from @harvard.edu who will present his job market paper "Depreciation and Growth: Evidence from Machine Repair in Uganda". www.su.se/english/divi...

TODAY Weds 21 Jan at 1 pm (CET) we are very happy to welcome Christine Blandhol from @princetonecon.bsky.social who will present her job market paper "Curbing Tax Flight? Aggregate Effects of Taxing Entrepreneur Migration". www.su.se/english/divi...

TOMORROW Tues 20 Jan at 10 am (CET) we are excited to listen to Paula Donaldson from @ucsandiego.bsky.social present her job market paper "Cross-sectional Identification with Heterogeneous Exposure to General
Equilibrium Effects" www.su.se/english/divi...

Photo of Mohamad Adhami: Vanessa Coleman.

Kicking off the Spring term with our first Job Talk! TODAY (Jan 9) at 10 am (CET) we are very happy to hear @mohamadadhami.bsky.social from @stanford.edu present his job market paper: "Quantifying Knowledge Spillovers Using Firm and Product Dynamics". www.su.se/english/divi...

Another new working paper from the department! "Prenatal Conditions and Midlife Mental Health: Evidence from an Alcohol Policy Experiment" by Evelina Linnros & @jpeternilsson.bsky.social @iies.su.se: ekonomihogskolan.lnu.se/vxesta/25-02...

Per Krusell. Photo: Niklas Björling/Stockholm University.

Exciting news going into the Holidays!
Professor and IIES director Per Krusell is appointed new Scientific Secretary of the Handelsbanken Research Foundations - one of Sweden’s largest funders of economic research. @stockholm-uni.bsky.social www.su.se/english/divi...

IIES Professor Torsten Persson has been appointed Vice President of the ERC Scientific Council (from 1 Jan 2026), representing the social sciences & humanities. A fantastic recognition of his leadership in economics and research excellence!
www.su.se/english/divi...
@stockholm-uni.bsky.social

EdTech isn’t a quick fix — it works only when paired with strong pedagogy.
New VoxDevLit review co-edited by IIES’s @lnavarrosola.bsky.social shows that targeted, instructional tech boosts learning, while device-only programs often fall short. www.su.se/english/divi...
@stockholm-uni.bsky.social

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🥳 Huge congratulations to Prof. @konradburchardi.bsky.social
- winner of the 2025 Assar Lindbeck Medal! 👏 His innovative microdata-driven research on migration, networks and development continues to advance the field. Truly well deserved! www.su.se/english/divi...
@stockholm-uni.bsky.social

Nobel Week has started!
Waiting for this year´s official Nobel Prize lectures by the laureates in physics, chemistry and economics arranged by The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences @scienceacademyswe.bsky.social
Starting at 9:00 AM in Aula Magna
Follow live at www.kva.se/evenemang/th...
#NobelPrize

Education Technology Policy Priorities for EdTech in LMICsAvoid hardware-first approaches. These have consistently failed and are expensive.Prioritise interventions with strong evidence of cost-effective impact:Personalis...

📢 Our new VoxDevLit on EdTech is out now!

Senior Editor @singhabhi.bsky.social & Co-Editors @lnavarrosola.bsky.social @iies.su.se & Philip Oreopoulos, summarise everything you need to know about EdTech.

Read & download here: voxdev.org/voxdevlit/ed...

TOMORROW Tues 2 Dec at 1 pm (CET) we are very much looking forward to hear Philip Oreopoulos from University of Toronto present his paper "Computer-Assisted Learning in the Real World: How Khan Academy Influences Student Math Learning" www.su.se/institute-fo...

IIES Job Market Candidates 2025/2026 - Institute for International Economic Studies Each year graduate students nearing the completion of their PhD are proudly promoted on the Econ Job Market. Read more about our candidates for 2025/2026 here.

🚀 Make sure to check out our JMCs! This year’s cohort brings cutting-edge work in macro, trade, political econ, labor, the environment, & health—tackling topics from structural transformation & growth to market concentration, education, climate policy, & vaccine hesitancy.
bit.ly/3LVRWRH
#EconSky

TOMORROW Tues 25 Nov at 1 pm (CET) we are very happy to welcome Alexander Willén from @nhhecon.bsky.social who will present his paper: "Beyond Training". www.su.se/institute-fo...

DN Debatt. ”Att införa en pensionsgas kör hela systemet i diket” DN Debatt. Förslaget är illa genomtänkt och skadligt, skriver fyra ekonomiexperter.

Regeringen har presenterat förslag om att införa en sk gas i pensionssystemet. Förslaget är inte bara illa genomtänkt och skadligt, det bryter mot grundprinciperna som gjorde 90-talets reform så framgångsrik, skriver 4 ekonomer bl a Mårten Palme & John Hassler @iies.su.se
www.dn.se/debatt/att-i...

Laia Navarro-Sola awarded second prize at the 2025 Banamex Economics Prize - Institute for International Economic Studies She shares the honor with co-author Raissa Fabregas from the University of Texas at Austin for their paper “Scaling Education to Marginalized Populations: Long-Run Impacts of Technology-Aided Schools.”

🎉 IIES AP @lnavarrosola.bsky.social has won 2nd prize at the Banamex Economics Prize!
Her paper with @raissafabregas.bsky.social shows how Mexico’s low-tech TV-schools boosted graduation rates and raised earnings: a compelling case for technology expanding educational opportunity. bit.ly/49C9nAB

Accounting for these dynamics matters: ignoring adjustment costs understates substitution potential and overstates needed carbon taxes. With the improved model, Germany could cut fossil use with a 50% lower carbon tax and ⅓ the output loss. 🌍