Ann-Sofie Isaksson

Ann-Sofie Isaksson defended her PhD-thesis at the University of Gothenburg in 2011. Her research deals with aid, institutional development and governance in developing countries. Ann-Sofie had a research position at IFN 2019 - 2021 and was during 2022 affiliated with IFN.

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Journal Articles

04 July 2023 Isaksson, Ann-Sofie and Dick Durevall (2023). “Aid and Institutions: Local Effects of World Bank Aid on Perceived Institutional Quality in Africa”. Review of International Organizations 18(3), 523–551. doi.org/10.1007/s11558-022-09478-w

01 January 2020 Isaksson, Ann-Sofie and Andreas Kotsadam (2020). “Chinese Aid to Africa: Distinguishing Features and Local Effects”. CESifo Forum 21(2), 27–31.

01 January 2020 Isaksson, Ann-Sofie (2020). “Chinese Aid and Local Ethnic Identification”. International Organization 74(4), 833–852. doi.org/10.1017/S0020818320000260

Books

01 January 2019 Calmfors, Lars, Simon Ek, Ann-Sofie Kolm and Per Skedinger (2019). Kollektivavtal och lönebildning i en ny tid. Stockholm: Dialogos Förlag.

01 January 2018 Calmfors, Lars, Simon Ek, Ann-Sofie Kolm, Tuomas Pekkarinen and Per Skedinger (2018). Arbetsmarknadsekonomisk rapport – Olika vägar till jobb. Stockholm: Arbetsmarknadsekonomiska rådet.

01 January 2018 Calmfors, Lars, Simon Ek, Ann-Sofie Kolm, Toumas Pekkarinen and Per Skedinger (2018). Arbetsmarknadsekonomisk rapport – Hur fungerar kollektivavtalen?. Stockholm: Arbetsmarknadsekonomiska rådet.

01 January 2018 Calmfors, Lars et al. (2018). Hur ska fler komma in på arbetsmarknaden?. Stockholm: Dialogos Förlag.

01 January 2017 Calmfors, Lars, Petter Danielsson, Ann-Sofie Kolm, Toumas Pekkarinen and Per Skedinger (2017). Arbetsmarknadsekonomisk rapport – Tudelningarna på arbetsmarknaden. Stockholm: Arbetsmarknadsekonomiska rådet.

Working Papers

16 December 2022 Durevall, Dick and Ann-Sofie Isaksson (2022). “Aid and Child Health: Local Effects of Aid on Stunting in Malawi”. IFN Working Paper No. 1448. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

15 November 2021 Congdon Fors, Heather, Ann-Sofie Isaksson and Annika Lindskog (2021). “Harmful Norms: Can Social Convention Theory Explain the Persistence of Female Genital Cutting in Africa?”. IFN Working Paper No. 1417. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

11 November 2021 Tengstam, Sven and Ann-Sofie Isaksson (2021). “Kill Your Darlings? Do New Aid Flows Help Achieve a Poverty Minimizing Allocation of Aid?”. IFN Working Paper No. 1415. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

03 June 2021 Isaksson, Ann-Sofie and Dick Durevall (2021). “Aid and Institutions: Local Effects of World Bank Aid on Perceived Institutional Quality in Africa”. IFN Working Paper No. 1391. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

07 May 2020 Isaksson, Ann-Sofie and Andreas Kotsadam (2020). “Chinese Aid to Africa: Distinguishing Features and Local Effects”. IFN Working Paper No. 1337. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

06 May 2020 Isaksson, Ann-Sofie (2020). “Chinese Aid and Local Ethnic Identification”. IFN Working Paper No. 1336. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Articles in Swedish

14 February 2022 Isaksson, Ann-Sofie and Dick Durevall (2022). “Lokala effekter av bistånd på tilltron till institutioner”. Ekonomisk Debatt 50(1), 48–55.

Op-Eds

28 May 2018 Calmfors, Lars, Simon Ek, Ann-Sofie Kolm, Tuomas Pekkarinen and Per Skedinger (2018). “Replik: Arbetsmarknadsekonomiska rådets analys av minimilönernas sysselsättningseffekter är välgrundad”. Ekonomistas, May 28.

26 April 2016 Calmfors, Lars, Ann-Sofie Kolm, Tuomas Pekkarinen, Per Skedinger and Petter Danielsson (2016). “Slutreplik: Zettergrens analys är undermålig”. Dagens Nyheter, April 26.

21 April 2016 Calmfors, Lars, Ann-Sofie Kolm, Tuomas Pekkarinen, Per Skedinger and Petter Danielsson (2016). “Ökad lönespridning sänkte den tyska arbetslösheten”. Dagens Nyheter, April 21.

Popular Science

01 January 2017 Calmfors, Lars, Petter Danielsson, Ann-Sofie Kolm, Per Skedinger and Toumas Pekkarinen (2017). “The Duality of the Swedish Labour Market ”. Summary of the 2017 Report. Stockholm: The Swedish Labour Policy Council.

Reports

01 January 2016 Calmfors, Lars, Petter Danielsson, Ann-Sofie Kolm and Per Skedinger (2016). “Dags för större lönespridning?”. Stockholm: Arbetsmarknadsekonomiska rådet (AER).

01 January 2015 Calmfors, Lars, Petter Danielsson, Ann-Sofie Kolm, Tuomas Pekkarinen and Per Skedinger (2015). “Inför avtalsrörelsen 2016”. Stockholm: Arbetsmarknadsekonomiska rådet (AER).