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Dean Spears
I am Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin and Executive Director at Research Institute for Compassionate Economics. I am also visiting economist at Indian Statistical
Ghost Platform at September Sessions: Dirty details of the clean startup chime
Place: Institute for Futures Studies, 4th floor, Holländargatan 13, 111 36 Stockholm Listening Session And Drinks The Institute for Futures Studies hosts the premiere of a new 15-minute sound work. Regist
What does happiness data mean? Daniel J. Benjamin and Ori Heffetz
In this episode we talk about happiness. Imagine you get a survey in the mail, and in one question you are asked to rate your level of happiness on a scale from 0 to 10. Let’s say you answer a seven.
Anca Gheaus: What does it mean to have a gender identity?
THIS SEMINAR WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 17. If you are already registered you do not need to register again in order to get the link to the seminar. Anca Gheaus is a political philosopher inter
Anca Gheaus: What does it mean to have a gender identity?
Anca Gheaus is a political philosopher interested in justice and the normative significance of personal relationships. Abstract The concept of "gender identity" is at the core of heated current p
Demography and housing demand – What can we learn from residential construction data?
2008. Journal of Population Economics 21(3), 521-539. Abstract There are obvious reasons why residential construction should depend on the population’s age structure. We estimate this relation on Swedis
Demography and housing demand–What can we learn from residential construction data?
2008. Journal of Population Economics 21(3), 521-539. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00148-006-0064-0
The Impact of Human Health Co-benefits on Evalutaions of Global Climate Policy
Nature Communications Abstract The health co-benefits of CO2 mitigation can provide a strong incentive for climate policy through reductions in air pollutant emissions that occur when targeting shared s
Optimal Climate Policy and the Future of World Economic Development
World Bank Economic Review 33, 21-40 Abstract How much should the present generations sacrifice to reduce emissions today, in order to reduce the future harms of climate change? Within climate economics,
Air: Pollution, Climate Change and India's Choice Between Policy and Pretence
Harper Collins India’s air pollution is a deadly threat. Will its politics meet the challenge? Exposure to the world’s worst air pollution kills over a million Indians each year. It also affects childr
