Niclas Berggren is a researcher at IFN and program director for the research program Institutions, Markets and Enterprise. He got his PhD and the title of docent (Associate Professor) from the Department of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics; he also got the title of docent from Prague University of Economics and Business. He works part-time in the Department of Managerial Economics at the Prague University of Economics and Business.
These are some of the questions Niclas Berggren tries to answer with his research:
- How do cultural variables (like trust, tolerance and religion) affect the way the economy functions?
- Is there a relationship between the institutions of the market economy and cultural variables (like trust and tolerance)?
- Does the cultural background of immigrants help explain labor-market integration?
