The Department of Economics is now accepting applications for PhD Research Scholar positions, with an application deadline of 15 January. We are mainly looking for candidates in Industrial Organisation, Macroeconomics, Behavioural Economics and Labour Economics.

Associate Professor Ingar Haaland underlines the importance of earning coding skills before entering the world of business.

A paper by Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy, Mweetwa Mudenda, Hanne Keyser Hegdahl, Joseph Mumba Zulu, Taran Grønvik, Ecloss Munsaka, Choolwe Jacobs, Joar Svanemyr, Bertil Tungodden, Astrid Blystad, Linda Kampata Olowski, Mpundu Chikoya Makasa, Karen Marie Moland, Ottar Mæstad, Amani Thomas Mori, Knut Martin Fylkesnes, Patrick Musonda titled "Effectiveness of economic support, comprehensive sexuality education and community dialogue on early childbearing and sitting for grade nine exams among adolescent girls in rural Zambia: a cluster randomised trial" is published in eClinicalMedicine.

On Monday, 11 November 2024 Ingvild L. Skarpeid held a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defended her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH. Thesis: «Understanding Stress and Redistributive Choice: Evidence from Three Economic Experiments».