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The National Wealth of Sweden : 1810 - 2014
Waldenström, Daniel - 2015
, 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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346682
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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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Exit, voice and political change : evidence from Swedish mass migration to the United States
Karadja, Mounir; Prawitz, Erik - 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/10011911152
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What doesn't kill you makes you stronger? : the impact of the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic on economic performance in Sweden
Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese; Pichler, Stefan - 2012
We study the impact of the 1918 influenza pandemic on economic performance in Sweden. The pandemic was one of the …-quality administrative data from Sweden, we estimate the effects on earnings, capital returns and poverty. We find that the pandemic led to a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530701
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Parallel development? : Productivity growth following electrification and the ICT revolution
Edquist, Harald (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003516414
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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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The compensation hypothesis revisited and reversed
Bergh, Andreas - 2019
This note describes how research on the link between globalization and openness has changed over time. Early contributions assumed that countries develop welfare states to compensate for volatility caused by economic openness (the compensation hypothesis). Recent findings have cast doubts on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011994377
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Equal opportunity? : gender gaps in CEO appointments and executive pay
Keloharju, Matti; Knüpfer, Samuli; Tåg, Joacim - 2016
This paper uses exceptionally rich data on Swedish corporate executives and their personal characteristics to study gender gaps in CEO appointments and pay. Both gaps are sizeable: 18% for CEO appointments and 27% for pay. At most one-eight of the gaps can be attributed to observable gender...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430668
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Market power and joint ownership : evidence from nuclear plants in Sweden
Lundin, Erik - 2016
three nuclear plants in Sweden. Since maintenance is the main conduit explaining the variation in output, I formulate a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011436666
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Life expectancy and mother-baby interventions : evidence from a historical trial
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese - 2016
interest in the early life origins of chronic disease. We analyse a pioneering program trialled in Sweden in the 1930s, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011483902