firm selection. The construction of a bridge in 2000 across the Öresund Strait linking Copenhagen with Malmö, Sweden … is applied using both geographic and sectoral variation in how much the bridge affected export patterns and productivity … to export and therefore expand their output share. The two largest sectors in Malmö are wholesale trade and manufacturing …

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 … evidence that openness improves the matching between workers and firms in export-oriented industries. This suggests that there …

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 …

for employer-initiated separations in Sweden, which reduced the notice periods for newly hired older workers substantially …