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The Generational Welfare Contract: Justice, Institutions and Outcomes.
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (Forthcoming, Publication in August 2017). This groundbreaking book brings together perspectives from political philosophy and comparative social policy to discuss generational
Larry S. Temkin: Assessing the Goodness of Outcomes: Questioning Some Common Assumptions
Larry S. Temkin is Distinguished Professor at Department of Philosophy, Rutgers University.ABSTRACTThis talk explores and challenges several common assumptions regarding the assessment of outcome good
Peer acceptance and rejection during secondary school: Do associations with subsequent educational outcomes vary by socioeconomic background?
Child Development Abstract Research shows that peer relationships are associated with students' school adjustment. However, the importance of advantageous and disadvantageous factors for students' educa
Digital development and educational outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa: A recipe for inclusive development or deepening divides?
A project on how the spread of digital information and communication technology in Sub-Saharan Africa has affected educational outcomes and inequalities.
The refinement paradox and cumulative cultural evolution: Complex products of collective improvement favor conformist outcomes, blind copying, and hyper-credulity
PLOS Computational Biology Abstract Social learning is common in nature, yet cumulative culture (where knowledge and technology increase in complexity and diversity over time) appears restricted to huma
NEW SEMINAR: Social Networks, Employee Selection and Labor Market Outcomes: Toward an Empirical Analysis
Oskar Nordström Skans och Lena Hensvik, Institutet för arbetsmarknads- och utbildningspolitisk utvärdering The Montgomery (1991) model of employee referrals suggests that it is optimal for firms to sel
Ann-Sofie Isaksson: Internet connectivity and educational outcomes: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa.
Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm Research seminar with Ann-Sofie Isaksson, researcher in development economics, based at the Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS) and
Completed: Network and net worth. A longitudinal study of women’s and men’s social networks in Swedish business education and their effect on career outcomes
Few women reach top positions in the corporate world, despite increased gender equality. This project examines gender differences in social networks at the Stockholm School of Economics.
Utilitarianism without Moral Aggregation
Canadian Journal of Philosophy (2021), 51: 4, 256–269 Is an outcome where many people are saved and one person dies better than an outcome where the one is saved and the many die? According to the stan
Prioritarianism, timeslices, and prudential value
Australasian Journal of Philosophy ABSTRACT This paper shows that versions of prioritarianism that focus at least partially on well-being levels at certain times conflict with conventional views of prud
