All employment growth in Sweden since the early 1960's is attributable to labor market entry of women, working in local … public sector jobs that implement the Welfare State. Sweden has 'monetized' or 'nationalized' the family. Women are paid at … goods sector. Efficiency distortions of current child policies in Sweden may be as large as half of total expenditures on …

Sweden has a remarkable record in reducing inequality and virtually eliminating poverty. This paper shows that: 1 …) Sweden achieved its egalitarian income distribution and eliminated poverty largely because of its system of earnings and … Sweden is distinguished by a relatively egalitarian distribution of hours of work among those employed, which may be an …

Globalization, in the form of financial flows, which is always advantageous on an aggregative level, typically creates … winners and losers, if left exclusively to market forces. The effects of financial globalization on income inequality depends …-exporting case, financial globalization drives up return to savings and drives down wages. In the capital-importing case, financial …

Globalization, in the form of financial flows, which is always advantageous on an aggregative level, typically creates … policies, governed by a majority of the population, spreads the globalization's gains from trade to all income groups, even … those who are low skilled and have small capital endowments. Therefore, financial globalization of a welfare-state economy …

Globalization radically changes income distribution and triggers intense international tax competition. Therefore …, globalization entails an extensive restructuring of the welfare state. We analyze a parsimonious model of an open economy, in its … the interactions between taxation, provision of social benefits, and globalization. We demonstrate how these interactions …

,' which are about 60 percent of world output. Given all the attention that 'globalization' has received from scholars …