This week, we're very happy to have @johannarickne.bsky.social from @sofi.su.se visiting us! On Thursday, Johanna will present her research in our department seminar. A warm welcome to Växjö! ☀️
Criminal policy reforms – what works? Watch this film featuring our Change Maker @hansgronqvist.bsky.social 👇
This week, we're very happy to have Giovanni Mastrobuoni from Collegio Carlo Alberto, University of Turin & @universityofessex.bsky.social visiting us! On Thursday, he will present a paper on "Strategic Bureaucratic Opacity: Evidence from Death Investigation Laws and Police Killings". Welcome!
Today, I participated in Radio Sweden Weekly discussing the government's proposed law change that will block refugees from being able to get permanent residence in Sweden, and what impact it could have on potential migration flows in the future 👇
More good news! Lina Aldén is co-applicant on a project about "Grey divorces – economic and social consequences for the elderly", led by Johannes Hagen at JIBS, which has just been granted 6.6 million SEK by the Kamprad Family Foundation! 👏
New publication in @nature.com! 🤩 @ollehammar.bsky.social is one of many co-authors on this metastudy on the "Reproducibility and robustness of economics and political science research": www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🎉
Extremely happy to see our meta paper on the reproducibility and robustness of economics and political science now published in @nature.com! 🥳
🎉 Big news! @hansgronqvist.bsky.social is part of a newly recommended Strategic Research Area (SFO) by the Swedish Research Council: 12.5 MSEK in 2027 and 25 MSEK in 2028 for the project "Building Resilience in Crime Prevention (BRiC)"!
Yesterday, @ollehammar.bsky.social and Mats Hammarstedt, together with Lawen Redar (S) and Linda Lindberg (SD), participated in a panel on integration policy organized by SNS. Watch it here 👇
Aftonbladet highlights a new study by @hansgronqvist.bsky.social and co-authors on how different parenting styles can affect children's performance in school and later in the job market 👇
This week, we're extremely happy to have Christine Alamaa from @sofi.su.se visiting us! On Thursday, Christine will present her paper "The Social Aspects of Job Competitions: Gender Gaps in Self-Assessment". Very welcome! ☀️
"Thoughtless cuts at Linnaeus University are backfiring", argues Mats Hammarstedt in today's Smålandsposten 👇
This week, we're very happy to have Álvaro Jáñez Garcia from @sthlmschoolofecon.bsky.social visiting us! Tomorrow, Álvaro will give a seminar on "Geographic Mobility over the Life Cycle". Welcome to Växjö! ☀️ ajanez.github.io
On April 14, our professor Mats Hammarstedt will participate in a webinar on "Equal access to capital? Financing foreign-born entrepreneurs", organized by @eskapsforum.bsky.social. Register here: entreprenorskapsforum.se/activity/lik...
On March 26, @ollehammar.bsky.social and Mats Hammarstedt will discuss integration policy together with the Minister for Migration Johan Forssell (M), Lawen Redar (S) and Linda Lindberg (SD) at a seminar organized by the Center for Business and Policy Studies (SNS)!
New working paper! "Who employ senior workers? Firm characteristics, working conditions, and employers' main motivations" by Dominique Anxo, Thomas Ericson, Chizheng Miao & Glenn Sjöstrand: ekonomihogskolan.lnu.se/vxesta/26-02...
This week we're happy to have Riccardo Sabbatucci from Swedish House of Finance @sthlmschoolofecon.bsky.social visiting us! On Thursday, Riccardo will present his paper "Shifting From Active to Passive: How Retirement Plans Impact Equity Prices". Welcome! sites.google.com/site/riccard...
🚨 Closing Tomorrow 🚨
Call for Papers: 24th Nordic Conference in Development Economics (NCDE) 2026 Linnaeus University @linnaeus-econ.bsky.social
Keynote Speakers:
Jonas Hjort
Rohini Somanathan
Paper Submission Deadline: 28 February 2026
Read more here: theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/02/06/n...
📢 Call for Papers: Linnaeus Inequality Summit 2026
The Linnaeus Inequality Summit 2026 will take place on 2–3 June 2026 in Växjö, hosted by Linnaeus University @linnaeus-econ.bsky.social
Submission Deadline: March 6, 2026
Read more here: theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/02/17/l...
⏰ Only a few days left to apply to this year's NCDE. Submit your papers and come join us at Linnaeus University in Växjö!
Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is Olle Hammar @linneuni @handels_sse who works on topics including migration, inequality + replication
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⏰ Only one week left to apply! Submit your papers and join us for a great conference in Växjö in June! 😎
New working paper alert! "How Parenting Styles Shape Children's Lifetime Outcomes" by Thomas Dohmen @unibonn.bsky.social, Bart Golsteyn @maastrichtu.bsky.social, @hansgronqvist.bsky.social, Edvin Hertegård @sofi.su.se & Gerard Pfann @uva.nl: ekonomihogskolan.lnu.se/vxesta/26-01...
With reference to research on age discrimination by our associate professor Magnus Carlsson, the government is instructing the Equality Ombudsman (DO) to combat age discrimination in working life: www.regeringen.se/pressmeddela...
📢 Call for Papers: Nordic Conference in Development Economics 2026 (NCDE)
Keynote Speakers:
Jonas Hjort
Rohini Somanathan
Read more here: theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/02/06/n...
👋 Don't forget to submit your papers to the Linnaeus Inequality Summit! 👉 New deadline: March 6.
