In Sweden, as in many other countries, marginal groups tend to be overrepresented in nonstandard employment. A … considerably smaller in Sweden, both for natives and foreign born, than those that have been found for other countries. This may be … due to a highly compressed wage structure and extensive coverage of collective bargaining in Sweden. On the whole, the …

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 …

industry and the role that globalization plays in that process. Using matched worker-firm data from Sweden, we find strong …