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As of today, we will no longer be using this Twitter account. Please follow us on @IFN_Stockholm instead. There you will find tweets about our research, our seminars, and other related issues such as interviews in media.

The board of IFN has appointed Fredrik Sjöholm, professor of International Economics at Lund University as the new CEO of IFN. Read more on our website: ifn.se/eng/about_ifn/news/20…

Entrepreneurship is a key player when solving the European innovation crisis. Mikael Stenkula, IFN, is one of the authors of a new book presenting reform strategies for a more entrepreneurial Europe. ifn.se/eng/about_ifn/news/20…

The IFN is closely monitoring the situation regarding the coronavirus. We are following the recommendations of Swedish authorities. Our researchers and staff can be contacted via e-mail or phone. All academic seminars in March are canceled. More info on ifn.se

Simon Ek and Magnus Henrekson are awarded a Prize for the best paper published in the Scottish Journal of Political Economy in 2019. ifn.se/eng/about_ifn/news/20…

Are developments in the EU heralding the return of the nation-state, and if so, in what form? And will this affect the EU for a long time? IFN researchers have contributed to a new book on this topic. bit.ly/2w5NkRZ

IFN will be hosting the first European conference of the Labor and Finance Group. It will take place in Stockholm on the 17th of August 2020. The submission deadline is on the 1st of February. More details here bit.ly/2Nrax6V

This week IFN has been celebrating 80 years of independent research. Read more about our celebrations bit.ly/2DzbMeN

Lars Persson, IFN and CESifo Fellow is presenting "Digitazation Based Automation: Evidence on Occupational and Job Dynamics" at the conference The Effects of the Digital Transformation on the Workplace and Labor Market, today.

Martin Olsson, IFN, writes about economic incentives and gender identity norms. voxeu.org/article/economic-i…

Removal of barriers to growth for new and productive firms, and increased rewards for investment in human capital, helped success of Sweden's reforms in 1990s, show Heyman, Norbäck and Persson @IFN_Stockholm in World Bank Research Observer @WorldBank. bit.ly/3486aUT

Emigration Swe to US substantially increased local demand for political change, as measured by labor movement membership, strike participation, and voting. This is shown by @ErikPrawitz @IFN_Stockholm & M Karadja. It also increasing welfare expenditures. bit.ly/2Z2VRlj

Study by Fredrik Heyman, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson, IFN, document 30-year decline in the share of young firms and their share of job creation in the US, but not in Sweden. Policies to encourage entrepreneurship are key to this, they argue. bit.ly/2H3ibBf

A new book, "The European Union i a Changing World Oder", by Lars Oxelheim @IFN_Stockholm et al, is published online @Palgrave_ This book explores how the European Union responds to the ongoing challenges to the liberal international order. bit.ly/2M84xRF

Academically oriented seminars are held on Wednesdays at 10 am at IFN in Stockholm. At these events researchers from IFN and other institutions present their research. Visitors are welcome! First seminar after summerbreak is September 4. bit.ly/2tyL0ik

Statutory mobile ban in Swedish schools is a cheap but not generally effective reform, find @BjornTyrefors @IFN_Stockholm and @danykessel @IFN_Stockholm . Since 2007 Swedish teachers can "take care of objects that are [...] disturbing in class." bit.ly/2xAp7Ax

An extra person at home offers significant postpartum benefits, research shows. Petra Persson, @Stanford@IFN_Stockholm et al have studied effects of a Swedish law allowing fathers to take 30 days in the year after a birth, while the mother is still home. bit.ly/31jZzWl

To save the environment the Nordic countries should focus on "technology that can get widespread use globally and where the Nordic countries have special expertise" argues @LarsCalmfors @IFN_Stockholm et al. Such cooperation will likely enhance the impact. bit.ly/2ZClTIV