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Wealth Concentration over the Path of Development: Sweden, 1873–2006
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
We study the development of wealth concentration in Sweden over 130 years, from the beginning of industrialization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005771090
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The Evolution of Top Incomes in an Egalitarian Society; Sweden, 1903–2004
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2006
This study presents new homogenous series of top income shares in Sweden over the period 1903–2004. We find that …. When included, Sweden’s experience resembles that in the U.S. and the U.K. with sharp increases in top incomes. Excluding … capital gains, Sweden looks more like the continental European countries where top income shares have remained relatively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645425
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On the Role of Capital Gains in Swedish Income Inequality
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2011
Realized capital gains are typically disregarded in the study of income inequality. We show that in the case of Sweden … surge in capital gains-driven inequality in Sweden since the 1980s. While there are no evident changes in terms of who earns …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818491
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The Rise, Fall and Revival of a Capitalist Welfare State: What are the Policy Lessons from Sweden
Bergh, Andreas - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2011
This paper discusses a number of questions with regard to Sweden’s economic and political development: How did Sweden … become rich? What explains Sweden’s high level of income equality? What were the causes of Sweden’s problems from 1970 to … 1995? How is it possible that Sweden, since the crisis of the early 1990s, is growing faster than most EU countries despite …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818548
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Long-Run Trends in the Distribution of Income and Wealth
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014
This paper reviews the long run developments in the distribution of personal income and wealth. It also discusses suggested explanations for the observed patterns. We try to answer questions such as: What do we know, and how do we know, about the distribution of income and wealth over time? Are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011103287
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Social Norms and Welfare State Dynamics
Lindbeck, Assar; Nyberg, Sten; Weibull, Jörgen W. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2002
The paper analyses the interaction between economic incentives and work norms in the context of social insurance. If the work norm is endogenous in the sense that it is weaker when the population share of beneficiaries is higher, then voters will choose less generous benefits than otherwise. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005207054
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The European Unemployment Dilemma
Ljungqvist, Lars; Sargent, Thomas J. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1997
Post World War II European welfare states experienced several decades of relatively low unemployment, followed by a plague of persistently high unemployment since the 1980s. We impute the higher unemployment to welfare states' diminished ability to cope with more turbulent economic times, such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005207056
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Taxation and Entrepreneurship in a Welfare State
Stenkula, Mikael - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009
Does tax policy affect the rate of self-employment in a modern welfare state? This question is analyzed empirically based on Swedish data for the entire post-war period. Available tax data indicate that payroll taxes have had a negative influence on the unincorporated rate of self-employment,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004979442
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An Essay on Welfare State Dynamics
Lindbeck, Assar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2003
The expansion of welfare-state arrangements is seen as the result of dynamic interaction between market behaviour and political behaviour, often with considerable time lags, sometimes generating either virtuous or vicious circles. Such interaction may also involve induced (endogenous) changes in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190621
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Social Insurance Based on Personal Savings Accounts: A Possible Reform Strategy for Over-burdened Welfare States?
Folster, S. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1996
In spite of some cutbacks in entitlements, many welfare states' spending has continuously increased over the past decades, leading to larger tax burdens and often higher marginal tax rates. Proposals for reform often facus on reduced social insurance benefits and more actuarial insurance premia....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005486490