Eurozone countries today) and two - Finland and Sweden - after floating the currency.All four episodes were associated with an … occurred because the sterling coincidentally appreciated. In Finland and Sweden the currency experienced an extremely large …

explanation for Sweden's weak performance with respect to market work activity highlights the role of high tax rates on labor …

, the national pension system, employment security laws and centralized wage setting in Sweden reinforced the distortionary … neutral set of policies and institutions, Sweden's employment distribution is sharply tilted away from lower wage industries … establishments. Compared to other OECD economies, Sweden has the lowest rate of self employment, a dominant role for larger firms …

I revisit the potential costs and benefits for Sweden of joining the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) of the European … inflation and GDP growth might have been slightly higher if Sweden had been a member of EMU since the launch in 1999, but also … in the monetary union would be advantageous for Sweden …

determinant of income for individuals within countries as diverse as Sweden and the United States. At a national level, however … growth among OECD countries. The conclusion comments on policy implications for Sweden based on the human capital literature …

Africa and Sweden to illustrate that inequality dynamics cannot be understood without embedding economic factors in the …

Sweden and analyzes the relation between the two. We use three different measures of population health: (1) the mortality … Statistics Sweden's Survey on Living Conditions (ULF, 1975-2005); (3) the utilization of health care from the inpatient register …

preparation for military service in Sweden. Both age at test date and number of days spent in school vary randomly across …

price and wage rigidities to study four countries (the U.S., the U.K., Sweden, and Germany) during the financial crisis and … factors were also important in the U.K., but less so in Sweden and Germany. Reduced matching efficiency was considerably less … important in the U.K. and Sweden than in the U.S., but matching efficiency improved in Germany, helping to keep unemployment low …