Utlottning av forskningsanslag blir allt vanligare. I Sverige har partiell randomisering redan använts, bland annat av Vetenskapsrådet. Forskaren och lotteriförespråkaren Lambros Roumbanis vill se en ...

(Forthcoming Article) - We assess whether men and women are treated differently when presenting their economics research. We collected data across thousands of seminars, job market talks and conferenc...

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Sweden is no longer an attractive country for international early-career researchers, says the SULF Doctoral Candidate Association in a new report.

Ny studie visar att utvandringen av svenska läkare fått betydande konsekvenser för svensk sjukvård.

We document the individual, organizational, and field-wide impacts following a public disclosure of substantial male bias in the competence assessments of newly minted PhDs applying for an important individual grant from the Swedish NIH. Post-disclosure, three key changes occurred: (i) a rapid phase-out of male-only review committees, (ii) adjustments in the decision-making processes of reviewers, and (iii) an elimination of the average male bias. We follow applicants’ publications, promotions, and earnings up to 18 years after application. We document an increase in the allocative efficiency of the research grants: the long-run research output of grantees assigned to review committees with an average pre-disclosure bias increased by 27 percent of a standard deviation compared to those assigned to unbiased committees. The disclosure of bias prompted coordinated actions with broader downstream academic and societal impact: female enrollment in biomedical PhD programs increased by 10 percentage points relative to other fields – in turn increasing female health focused research by 20 percent, without crowding out attention to men’s health.

The CDC rejected a request for help "due to the complete loss" of their lead poisoning experts.