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Swedish economic growth and scholarly objectivity : an objective sociologist vs. subjective economists, or the way around?

Henrekson, Magnus (contributor) - 2000 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Walter Korpi argues in a previous issue of Challenge (March/April 2000) that Swedish economists' claim that Sweden …'s growth performance has been inferior to that of other industrialized countries is at odds with the facts. Since Sweden has … wrong regarding Sweden's relative growth performance. Available data indicate that Sweden was lagging behind during the 1970 …

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The evolution of income inequality during the rise of the Swedish welfare state 1951 to 1973

Björklund, Anders (contributor); Palme, Mårten (contributor) - 2000 - [Elektronische Ressource], Rev. June 7, 2001

We analyse the change in family gross income inequality between 1951 and 1973. We use two new samples of the Swedish population from 1951 and 1956 containing tax register data, and compare the results with those obtained from the Swedish Level of Living survey from 1967 and 1973. Gini...

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Taxation, inequality and the allocation of talent

Bergman, Malin L. (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource], Rev. April 16, 2003

This paper examines the implications of income redistribution on human capital accumulation and income inequality, presenting a model where human capital investment is indivisible and agents differ in economic opportunity as well as intellectual ability. It is shown that the impact of...

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