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The determinants and consequences of unemployed workers’ wage demands
Eriksson, Stefan; Lagerström, Jonas - 2010
This paper studies the determinants and labor market consequences of unemployed workers' wage demands using direct data on the workers' actual wage requests. Our results show that most workers want a wage close to what they earned in their previous jobs, and thus much more than they get in...
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Wage and employment determination in volatile times : Sweden 1913 - 1939
Holmund, Bertil - 2012
The paper studies wage and employment determination in the Swedish business sector from the mid-1910s to the late 1930s. This period includes the boom and bust cycle of the early 1920s as well as the Great Depression of the early 1930s. The events of the early 1920s are particularly intriguing,...
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Labor Market Regulations and Outcomes in Sweden : A Comparative Analysis of Recent Trends
Ulku, Hulya - 2015
This paper analyzes recent trends in Sweden's labor market regulations in relation to comparator economies and examines … more rapidly to the recent global financial crisis than the majority of the European Union economies, which helped Sweden … to recover quickly. Sweden's hiring regulations are more flexible than those of many comparator economies, however, fixed …
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Limited time or secure residence? : a study on the short-term effects of temporary and permanent residence permits on labour market participation
Jutvik, Kristoffer; Robinson, Darrel - 2018
In this study we exploit a sudden policy change implemented in Sweden in order to evaluate the effects of permanent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011952631
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LINDA - Longitudinal INdividual DAta for Sweden
Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter - 2000
This paper presents LINDA - a register-based longitudinal data set for Sweden. LINDA consists of a large panel of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321802
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Portfolio Allocation over the Life Cycle: Evidence from Swedish Household Data
Andersson, Björn - 2001
This paper provides empirical evidence on life-cycle patterns in the asset allocation of Swedish households. Data on household portfolio allocation are collected from the HINK surveys for the period 1982-1992, and portfolio shares of different asset categories are regressed on age, period, and...
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The gender gap in workplace authority in Sweden 1968 - 2000: A family affair?
Bygren, Magnus; Gähler, Michael - 2007
We assess whether the gender gap in authority in Sweden has changed during the period 1968–2000, and investigate to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317967
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On the role of capital gains in Swedish income inequality
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - 2011
Realized capital gains are typically disregarded in the study of income inequality. We show that in the case of Sweden … surge in capital gains-driven inequality in Sweden since the 1980s. While there are no evident changes in terms of who earns …
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Collective lobbying in politics : theory and empirical evidence from Sweden
Liang, Che-yuan (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003634305
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Arbeitsmarktreformen in Schweden
Zierahn, Ulrich - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 88 (2008) 10, pp. 681-687
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