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The Rise, Fall and Revival of a Capitalist Welfare State: What are the Policy Lessons from Sweden

Bergh, Andreas - 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...

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Does capitalism disfavor women? Evidence from life satisfaction

Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2023

capitalism, disfavors women. This could take many forms, such as lower wages for the same type of work, reduced career … satisfaction such that capitalism confers more life satisfaction on men than on women. We test empirically whether this concern is … differences, and in the cases we do, the estimates reveal a more beneficial outcome for women. Hence, we conclude that capitalism …

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The Sharing Economy: Definition, Measurement and its Relationship to Capitalism

Bergh, Andreas; Funcke, Alexander; Wernberg, Joakim - 2021

For the past decade, the sharing economy has not only grown but also expanded to cover a wide variety of different activities across the globe. Despite a lot of research, there is still no agreement on how to define and measure the sharing economy, and no consensus on whether the sharing economy...

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