, public and national wealth and sectoral saving rates in Sweden over the past two centuries. The paper reviews previous … the modern economic history of Sweden. …

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 …

. 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 …

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 … income ; Sweden ; Welfare state. …

This paper presents a critical assessment of the public debate on income and wealth inequality in Sweden. We scrutinize …

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 …

individuals' desire to "Keep up with the Joneses". Using unique administrative register data on individual insolvencies in Sweden …