The ESOP scholarships amount to NOK 15.000, and are awarded to students who are writing master theses relevant to ESOP's research areas.
The 2012 scholarships were awarded to:
Ragnar Juelsrud "Social Expenditures and Taxes - the transformation rate"
Martin Flatø "Households' Adjustment to Conflict in Eritrea"
Lisa Dahl Keller "Demografi og pensjonsutgifter"
In addition, the ESOP Scholarship in Gender and Economics was awarded to:
Christane Marie Ødegård "Hvordan kan kommende oljeinntekter på Madagaskar komme lokalbefolkningen til gode?"
Seven applications were considered by the committee, who report a very high quality of incoming applications this year.
We congratulate the recipients!