A large literature has studied the context that affects women’s numerical representation, but few have moved beyond … careers of 35.000 Swedish municipal politicians over six election cycles we first document the said gender gap. Women are … parties closes the gap, we argue that a negative bias against women among party selectors thrives in contexts where …

between the disciplines are smaller in Sweden than in the more polarized U.S. We also asked 14 policy questions. The replies …

Little is known about self-employment as a career choice for women who marry a high-income spouse. We show that Swedish … women who are married to a high-income spouse are, on average, highly educated and more likely to pursue self … likelihood of self-employment before and after marriage for women who marry a spouse in the top 1, 0.5 and 0.1 percent to those …

Though more than 100 countries have adopted gender quotas, the impacts of these reforms on women’s political leadership … party on municipal party groups — to examine quotas’ effect on women’s selection and survival as leaders within their …, but not more likely to support the reelection of women to the post. Extending this analysis, we show that the quota …

affect Sweden. Further, women engage in more climate-mitigating behavior than men,even conditional on climate beliefs. The …It is well-known that men and women differ in their views regarding the severity of climate change,but do they also … Protection Agency (SEPA).Regression analysis confirms that Swedish women believe more strongly than men that climatechange will …

This paper studies whether the degree of women's representation in Swedish local councils affects local public … effects of women's representation on spending. The subsequent panel study on the composition of public spending in Swedish …

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 …

We study the development of wealth concentration in Sweden over 130 years, from the beginning of industrialization …

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 …

We analyze the rate of formation, the characteristics, and the performance of different types of new firms in Sweden … over a decade. Comparisons to Denmark, Brazil, and the U.S. suggest that the environment for new firm formation in Sweden …