Timor-Leste’s first ten years of independence have been turbulent and a large share of the population remains poor. Broad-based improvements in living standards will require improvements in agricultural production since most Timorese are subsistence farmers and since there is no modern sector...

1. Growing Up -- 2. Uppsala -- 3. Doctor -- 4. After the Dissertation -- 5. Essays -- 6. The Hunt for a Chair -- 7. The Housing Market -- 8. The Dream of the Labor-Managed Economy -- 9. Contrasting Economies: Sweden and the Developing Countries -- 10. Three Continents -- 11. In Parliament -- 12....

This book consists of three parts: In the first one, various theoretical models of discrimination are explored. In particular, some crucial assumptions of some of the pioneering models by Gary Becker and Lester Thurow are examined. The second part consists of three essays that examine the...