Call for papers for the 2nd conference "Corruption, Tax Evasion and Institutions" is now open
2020 11-02
The conference will take place on 1-2 October, 2020, at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (SSE Riga), following the initial event that took place in May 2017 (see the 2017 conference program here). The conference aims to promote and diffuse high quality economic research on the mechanisms driving corruption and tax evasion, their relationships with institutions and their consequences on economic outcomes. Submit your papers until 14 June. More information
FROGEE policy brief on fertility enhancing policies
2020 29-01
What is the role of government policy in enhancing fertility in Latvia? In a recent FROGEE brief, we show that over the years government spending on these programs closely followed the GDP path (in contrast with Estonia and Lithuania, where it has been much less pro-cyclical), which makes it practically impossible to disentangle the effect of the policies from the effect of the economic cycle.