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Intergenerational top income mobility in Sweden : capitalist dynasties in the land of equal opportunity?
Björklund, Anders (contributor); Roine, Jesper (contributor) - 2008
. Using a large dataset of matched father-son pairs in Sweden we are able to obtain results for fractions as small as 0 … top percentile of the population. Our results suggest that Sweden, well-known for its egalitarian achievements, is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003770045
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Wealth concentration over the path of development: Sweden, 1873-2005
Roine, Jesper (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003555059
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Taxation and entrepreneurship in a welfare state
Stenkula, Mikael - 2009
Does tax policy affect the rate of self-employment in a modern welfare state? This question is analyzed empirically based on Swedish data for the entire post-war period. Available tax data indicate that payroll taxes have had a negative influence on the unincorporated rate of self-employment,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003843247
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The rise, fall and revival of the Swedish 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 of the early 1990s, is growing faster than most EU countries despite …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009012602
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Wealth-income ratios in a small, developing economy : Sweden, 1810-2014
Waldenström, Daniel - 2016
both similarities and differences. During the industrialization era, Sweden's domestic wealth was relatively low because of … similar, but in Sweden government wealth grew more important, not least through its relatively large public pension system …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011586572
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Telemedicine and the welfare state : the Swedish experience
Blix, Mårten; Jeansson, Johanna - 2018
We study the political effects of mass emigration to the United States in the 19th century using data from Sweden. To …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011911154
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Infant health, cognitive performance and earnings : evidence from inception of the welfare state in Sweden
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese; … - 2017
We estimate impacts of exposure to an infant health intervention trialled in Sweden in the early 1930s using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011708489
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Earnings losses and the role of the welfare state during the COVID-19 pandemic : evidence from Sweden
Adermon, Adrian; Laun, Lisa; Lind, Patrik; Olsson, Martin; … - 2022
losses during the pandemic in Sweden using a difference-in-differences approach and population-wide data on monthly earnings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013441580
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Trust, welfare states and income equality : what causes what?
Bergh, Andreas; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2013
The cross-country correlation between social trust and income equality is well documented, but few studies examine the direction of causality. We show theoretically that by facilitating cooperation, trust may increase efficiency and lead to more equal outcomes, while the feedback from inequality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010222965
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Public and private welfare state institutions : a formal theory of American exceptionalism
Thomsson, Kaj - 2010
I construct a model of public policy development, and use the model to explain why the United States has a comparatively small public sector, but instead a large "private welfare state" with employment-based benefits. The key factors are politically organized firms and labor unions. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932522