Why are some countries rich and others poor? Economists have long pointed to investment, education, and technology. But one factor has been largely overlooked: religion.
Where you live is where your child learns. In Switzerland, residential address determines school assignment, leaving parents with a stark choice: pay for private education or move.
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
