Forslund, Anders; Krueger, Alan B. - Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department … - 2008
In the early 1990s the Swedish labour market was hit by the worst shock it experienced since the 1930s, with the unemployment rate rising to 10 percent. This development stands out in light of Sweden’s performance in the post-war period. Between the mid 1940s and the crisis of the 1990s, the...