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Earnings Dynamics and Inequality during Macroeconomic Turbulence: Sweden 1991-1999

Gustavsson, Magnus - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2002

Using a rich longitudinal database, I study the dynamics behind changes in the distribution of annual earnings in Sweden 1991 to 1999. The analysis indicates a systematic increase in persistent earnings differentials during the 1990s; workers with low relative earnings in the beginning of the...

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Decomposing immigrant wage assimilation - the role of workplaces and occupations

Eliasson, Tove - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2013

This article uses a matched employer-employee panel data of the Swedish labor market to study immigrant wage assimilation, decomposing the wage catch-up into parts which can be attributed to relative wage growth within and between workplaces and occupations. This study shows that failing to...

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Swimming With the Tide: Solidarity Wage Policy and the Gender Earnings Gap

Edin, Per-Anders; Richardson, Katarina - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1999

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of wage compression for the gender wage gap in Sweden during the … the changes in the returns to human capital and unobserved characteristics have contributed to reductions in the gender … mitigated and/or the gender gap in unobserved skills was reduced. Between 1981 and 1991 there is a small increase in the gender …

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Changes in Educational Wage Premiums in Sweden: 1992-2001

Gustavsson, Magnus - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2004

This paper investigates changes in educational wage differentials in Sweden between 1992 and 2001 and places them in a longer-term perspective. The university wage premium has increased noticeably between 1992 and 2001 while the gymnasium wage premium has been constant. These results, together...

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Unemployment and Subsequent Wages: Does Gender Matter?.

Wiklund, F. - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1999

Are there any differences in how men and women fare from unemployment in terms of the wages they receive on a new job? This paper addresses that question using the 1991 wave of the Level of Living Survey. The results suggest that men who experience unemployment will suffer a reduction of...

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Post Mortem Reputation, Compensatory Gifts and Equal Bequests.

Lundholm, M.; Ohlsson, H. - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1999

The empirical evidence suggests that parents use inter vivos gifts (i.e., transfers of tangible and financial property) to compensate less well off children whereas post mortem bequests are divided equally among siblings. We study a theoretical model assuming, first, that the amounts given is...

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Estates, bequests, and inheritances in Sweden - A look into the Belinda databases

Elinder, Mikael; Erixson, Oscar; Escobar, Sebastian; … - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2014

The objective of this paper is to describe two new administrative Swedish databases, referred to as the Belinda databases. Together, these databases contain the most detailed individual-level data on estates, bequests, and inheritances currently available. We present descriptive statistics for...

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The Swedish Inheritance and Gift Taxation, 1885–2004

Du Rietz, Gunnar; Henrekson, Magnus; Waldenström, Daniel - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2012

This paper studies the evolution of the modern Swedish inheritance taxation from its introduction in 1885 to its abolishment in 2004. A thorough description is offered of the basic principles of the tax, including underlying ideas and ambitions, tax schedules, and rules concerning valuation of...

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Estate division: Equal sharing as choice, social norm, and legal requirement

Erixson, Oscar; Ohlsson, Henry - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2014

The objective of this essay is to study to what extent parents divide their estates unequally between their children and the determinants of this decision. We use a new dataset based on the estate reports for almost 70,000 Swedish widows, widowers, divorcees and unmarried individuals who died...

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Lifetime versus Annual Tax Progressivity: Sweden, 1968–2009

Bengtsson, Niklas; Holmlund, Bertil; Waldenström, Daniel - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2012

This paper analyzes the evolution of tax progressivity in Sweden from both annual and lifetime perspectives.Using a rich micro panel with administrative records of incomes, taxes and benefits over the period 1968–2009, we calculate tax rates across the income distribution accounting for...

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