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Gender essentialism makes segregation persistent
Socially constructed beliefs about biological gender differences, i.e. gender essentialism, can to a large extent explain the remaining gender segregation and inequality. That’s one of the conclusions
Government quality, egalitarianism, and attitudes to taxes and social spending: a European comparison
European Political Science Review, Vol 5 (2013), pp 363-80. First published online July 16, 2012, doi:10.1017/S175577391200015X. The paper analyses how perceptions of government quality – in terms of i
New study: This is why Italians are so unwilling to pay taxes
In Western Europe, Italy is at the top when it comes to tax evasion. In 2013, an estimated 27 percent of the entire tax revenue in Italy was evaded. What are the reasons for this? Political scientist ".
Garrett Cullity: But Thinking Makes It So: How Discriminatory Attitudes Can Make Actions Wrong
Research seminar with Garrett Cullity, professor of philosophy at the Australian National University, known for his research on moral philosophy. Venue: Holländargatan 13, Stockholm Register here > Ab
Karim Jebari & Emma Engström: Sustainable Agriculture - How Far Can Technology Take Us?
What would it take to have a sustainable world by the year 2100? In their research, philosopher Karim Jebari, and Emma Engström, PhD in technology, have analyzed a large set of potentially disruptive
Stephen M. Gardiner: Contractualism and Tyranny Over Possible People
Research seminar with Stephen M. Gardiner, Professor of Philosophy and Ben Rabinowitz Endowed Professor of Human Dimensions of the Environment/Director, Program on Ethics at the University of Washingt
For Whose Benefit? The Biological and Cultural Evolution of Human Cooperation
Springer, New York. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-50874-0 This book takes the reader on a journey, navigating the enigmatic aspects of cooperation; a journey that starts inside the body and continues via our
How Sensitive is Old-Age Poverty to Financial Crisis? A microsimulation Experiment for Sweden
How Sensitive is Old-Age Poverty to Financial Crisis? A microsimulation Experiment for Sweden in: New Pathways in Microsimulation, Eds.: Gijs Dekkers, Marcia Keegan & Cathal O’Donoghue. Pp: 161-18
The Timing of Retirement and Social Security Reforms: Measuring Individual Welfare Changes
The paper argues that it is not sufficient to restrict calculations of effects of social reforms on individual welfare to income streams, but necessary to model individual behavior and thereafter calc
The College-to-Work Transition during the 1990s. Evidence from Sweden
This paper analyzes the time it takes for Swedish college graduates to start a full-time job that lasts for six month or more, the study period being 1991–1999. The results show that the risk of unemp
