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Top incomes in Sweden over the twentieth century
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - 2005
This paper presents homogenous series of top income shares in Sweden from 1903 to 2003 using individual tax returns …
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The evolution of top incomes in an egalitarian society: Sweden, 1903 - 2004
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - 2006
This study presents new homogenous series of top income shares in Sweden over the period 1903 to 2004. We find that … included or not. Including them, Sweden's experience resembles that in the U.S. and the U.K. with sharp increases in top … incomes, whereas excluding them Sweden looks more like the Continental European countries where top income shares have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281326
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Risk and mortality of recurrent breast cancer in Stockholm 1985 - 2005
Lundkvist, Jonas; Kasteng, Frida; Lidgren, Mathias; … - 2007
The purpose of this study was to estimate the risk and mortality of breast cancer recurrences in Swedish women, and to analyse changes over time and variations between patients in different risk groups. Such estimates are of key importance for modelling the cost-effectiveness of different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281338
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Rising earnings inequality in Sweden: The role of composition and prices
Domeij, David - 2006
This paper decomposes the rise in cross-sectional earnings inequality in Sweden between 1990 and 2002 into changes in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281356
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Wealth concentration over the path of development: Sweden, 1873 - 2005
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - 2007
We study the development of wealth concentration in Sweden over 130 years, from the begin-ning of industrialization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281378
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Wage structure and public sector employment: Sweden versus the United States 1970 - 2002
Domeij, David; Ljungqvist, Lars - 2006
private sector employment. Our analysis suggests that the dramatic decline of the skill premium in Sweden is the result of an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281859
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Testing Game Theory in the Field : Swedish LUPI Lottery Games
Ostling, Robert - 2010
Game theory is usually difficult to test precisely in the field because predictions typically depend sensitively on features that are not controlled or observed. We conduct one such test using field data from the Swedish lowest unique positive integer (LUPI) game. In the LUPI game, players pick...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012717195
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Lady and the Trump : Status and Wealth in the Marriage Market
Almenberg, Johan; Dreber, Anna - 2008
We examine a relatively neglected aspect of intergenerational transmission of economic standing, namely culturally determined status markers and their valuation in the marriage market. We take nobility to be such a status marker. Using data on Swedish marriages, we test the hypothesis that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014221170
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Rising Earnings Inequality in Sweden: The Role of Composition and Prices
Domeij, David - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2006
This paper decomposes the rise in cross-sectional earnings inequality in Sweden between 1990 and 2002 into changes in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005207202
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Home Country Effects of Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Sweden
Blomström, Magnus; Kokko, Ari - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1994
This paper examines two broad issues related to foreign investment by Swedish multinationals: first the effects of outward foreign direct investment on domestic investment, exports, and employment, and second, the effects on the domestic economy from the increasing division of labor between the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005771175