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15 June, 2012

Intensive Coaching of New Immigrants: An Evaluation Based on Random Program Assignment

Juni 2012. Scandinavaian Journal of Economics, 114:575-600

Type of publication: Journal articles | L. Nekby, P. Andersson Joona
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10 January, 2025

Ethical Problems and the Role of Expertise in Health Policy: A Case Study of Public Policy Making in Sweden During COVID-19

Politics & Policy Abstract Although the literature widely discusses the role of academics as experts in public policy making, empirical case studies on ethical problems related to the production and

Type of publication: Journal articles | Falkenström, Erica , Selberg, Rebecca
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17 August, 2023

Research seminar with Oskar Nordström Skans: The Heterogeneous Earnings Impact of Job Loss Across Workers, Establishments, and Markets

Venue: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, 4th floor, Stockholm, and online Research seminar with Oskar Nordström Skans, Professor of Economics, Uppsala University. REGISTERAbstractUsing g

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24 November, 2023
Swedish preparedness for silent health crises and organizational learning after the swine flu, the heatwave, and the COVID-19 pandemic

Swedish preparedness for silent health crises and organizational learning after the swine flu, the heatwave, and the COVID-19 pandemic

This project aims to identify organizational conditions for efficient crisis management within intensive care units and special accommodations. It will also give recommendations on how the regions can strengthen their preparedness for silent health crises.

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14 November, 2019

Completed: Crossing boundaries in social work. Collaborative partnerships and interventions towards particularly vulnerable areas in Sweden

The study explores welfare governance in relation to disadvantaged areas in Sweden. The project aims to contribute with knowledge about how to build trust, promote safety, and break a negative societal development.

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19 March, 2020

The coronavirus, mortality and life expectancy

 A demographer calculates how the average life expectancy can be affected In Sweden, we now experience the first pandemic that occurs in a society with modern information technology, and it is also the

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16 November, 2016

The ethics of age limits

This informal workshop focuses on four papers dealing with a variety of ethical questions associated with the use of age limits, especially in health care. Time: Wednesday, November 23, 14:00 - 18:00Plac The Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS), Holländardgatan 13, Stockholm According to Jeff McMahan, we ought to save an individual, A, from dying as a young adult (e.g., at age 30) rather than save some other individual, B, from dying as a newborn, even if the latter intervention would give B twice as many years of full-quality life as the former intervention would give A.  Call this claim .  I argue that if we accept , then we must reject at least one of three other claims:

This informal workshop focuses on four papers dealing with a variety of ethical questions associated with the use of age limits, especially in health care.
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04 March, 2016

The Reverse Gender Gap in Ethnic Discrimination: Employer Stereotypes of Men and Women with Arabic Names

International Migration Review, s. 1-28. DOI: 10.1111/imre.12170 Abstract We examine differences in the intensity of employer stereotypes of men and women with Arabic names in Sweden by testing how much

Type of publication: Journal articles | Bursell, Moa , , Mahmood Arai & Lena Nekby
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04 March, 2024

Changes in social norms during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic across 43 countries

Nature Communications Abstract The emergence of COVID-19 dramatically changed social behavior across societies and contexts. Here we study whether social norms also changed. Specifically, we study this

Type of publication: Journal articles | Andrighetto, Giulia , et al. Eriksson, Kimmo , et al.
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27 February, 2025

Evidence from 43 countries that disease leaves cultures unchanged in the short-term

Nature, Scientific Reports Abstract Did cultures change shortly after, and in response to, the COVID-19 outbreak? If so, then in what way? We study these questions for a set of macro-cultural dimensions

Type of publication: Journal articles | Eriksson, Kimmo , , Pasin, G.L., Szekely, A., Guido, A. & E. Polizzi di Sorrentino Andrighetto, Giulia , , Pasin, G.L., Szekely, A., Guido, A. & E. Polizzi di Sorrentino
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