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Socio-Economic Review, 2018. Vol 00, No. 0, 1–21. DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwy005 AbstractIn this article, we analyse the striking resilience of for-profit care and service provision in what has often been see

Stefan Svallfors & Anna Tyllström Institute for Futures Studies & Södertörn University, Stockholm ABSTRACT In this paper, we analyse the striking resilience of for-profit care and service provision

World Development, vol. 182 Abstract Motivated by a recent setback in the fight against child malnutrition, this study explores whether aid projects help reduce stunting or impaired growth among childre

Economics and Philosophy 37 Abstract Economic ordeals are allocation mechanisms that impose non-financial ‘deadweight costs to qualify for a transfer’ (Nichols and Zeckhauser 1982: 372). Examples include

Noûs 2021 Abstract Distributive theories evaluate distributions of goods based on candidate recipients’ characteristics, e.g. how well off candidates are, how deserving they are, and whether they fare b

Economics and Philosophy 37 Abstract This paper addresses how to think about the permissibility of introducing deadweight costs (so-called ‘ordeals’) on candidate recipients of goods in order to attain b

The Swedish government has appointed two new members to the board of the Institute for Futures Studies. The new members come with knowledge of robotics and experience from the government's Future Comm

The spread of COVID-19 has been high among the elderly and risk groups. This study aims to develop methods for knowledge acquisition, focusing on vulnerable groups.

We are saddened to announce that the founding president of the World Values Survey, Ron F Inglehart passed away on Saturday 8 of May. He was the president of the World Values Survey Association (WVS)