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Political preferences and public sector outsourcing
Elinder, Mikael; Jordahl, Henrik - 2011
There are several theoretical accounts of public sector outsourcing. We note that leading theories give different predictions of the influence of political variables and test the predictions on a Swedish data set in which outsourcing varies between municipalities and over time as well as between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009161385
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The future of welfare services : how worried should we be about Wagner, Baumol and Ageing?
Bergh, Andreas - 2016
Welfare services are an important part of the Nordic welfare states both financially and for welfare state redistribution. Baumol's cost disease, Wagner's law, and population ageing are often said to bring challenges for the future provision of welfare services. While none of the three poses an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011427870
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Fairness, flexibility and the far right: understanding the relationship between populism, social spending and labor markets
Bergh, Andreas; Kärnä, Anders - 2021
The large increase in economic inequality and the dismantling of the welfare state in Western democracies has been connected to the rise of populist parties. If populist voting is explained by fear and labor market insecurity and if people care more about procedural fairness than inequality of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012625784
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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