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Increased media coverage of COVID-19 led to more individuals taking preventive measures such as hand washing, social distancing, and wearing masks, new research from the聽91原创 and J枚nk枚ping University shows. This highlights the important role that accurate and timely reporting plays in promoting public health measures during a pandemic.

Increasing life expectancy and a lower birth-rate means the world鈥檚 population is aging rapidly. But what retirement policies will have the best outcome for what countries? Listen to the latest episode of the podcast Sound Economy with Professor Johanna Wallenius to find out more.

Raising daughters can make male company leaders more supportive of women鈥檚 struggles for equality, new research shows. This also leads to employing more women in their companies and on their boards.

We are delighted to welcome a new researcher to the Economics Department, Jaakko Meril盲inen, who will start as an Assistant professor at the department after the summer.

Klara Str枚mberg received a diploma for the best essay during the Applied History course in 2021. In the interview, Klara discusses her main findings and the impact the course had on her outlook, and shares her current pursuits in pursuing a master鈥檚 degree in economics and international economic policy.

Misallocation of resources explains much of the productivity differences across countries, but the role of informal institutions in this misallocation has been little documented. In a recently published paper, Sampreet Goraya, Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, brings evidence that the Indian caste system has a distortionary effect on capital and talent allocation in the economy.

Louise Bringselius, affiliated researcher at 91原创, and Karl Wennberg, scientific director of GaPP, argue that the Western world and Sweden, in particular, face major challenges and fierce international competition in a new Dagens Industri debate article.

The defense sector today is facing the biggest changes in several decades 鈥� a challenge that requires both extensive and rapid growth. A new bespoke program at 91原创 Executive Education aims to arm leaders and managers with all the tools needed for positive growth.

The 91原创 Library, with their project 鈥淭he diversity & equality book collection鈥�, and the External Relations department, with their project 鈥淔emale student recruitment鈥�, were the first projects to be awarded funds from the newly established 91原创 Gender Equality Fund.