In this paper, wealth consequences of the Swedish pension system in the transition from a defined benefit to notional defined contribution system are simulated with almost exact institutional detail,

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Wendy Nelson Espeland, Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University. Abstract Media rankings of universities are a relatively recent development. I will discuss the mostly unintentional effects of ra

Michael Osborne, Exeter College, Oxford. We examine how susceptible jobs are to computerisation. To assess this, we begin by implementing a novel methodology to estimate the probability of computerisat

Digital development and educational outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa: A recipe for inclusive development or deepening divides?

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