The quality of management practices is crucial for both productivity of firms and the wellbeing of workers. Many firms use checklists as a management practice. Top managers often believe in the benefits of checklists as a mechanism to assure product and service quality. But what about workers?
Fathers in Sweden, as elsewhere, take less parental leave than mothers. Several countries have tried to generate incentives to increase men’s share of leave. Evidence from Sweden suggests the answer lies in the cultural change that occurs in response to changing incentives.
What happens after a far-right protest ends? The effects do not stop when the crowd goes home. Visibility of far-right protest matters for the onset of politically motivated violence.
How can foreign managers change local workplace culture? In our recent study (Minni et al., 2026), drawing on data from a large multinational firm, we show that international manager rotations can shift cultural norms inside organizations
Western policy discussions often centre on the idea that military spending, economic sanctions, and battlefield losses will eventually erode domestic support for the Kremlin. This study provides evidence of what happened to Russian public opinion when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, 2022.
Industrial robots and other automation technologies have transformed labour markets in recent decades. Not much is known about the long-run consequences of these technological changes, especially whether their effects extend beyond the workers directly exposed to automation and spill over to the next generation.
