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This paper investigates the econometric properties of the Taylor (1993) rule applied to U.S., Australian and Swedish data to judge its empirical relevance. Little attention has been paid to the time series properties of the data underlying interest rate rules, nor the estimations themselves,...
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This paper analyses the dynamics of the duration of housing allowance claims in Sweden during the period 1991 to 2002 …
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In 2001 and 2002, Sweden introduced several unemployment insurance reforms. A major innovation in the first reform was …
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. Saving and GDP are estimated in bivariate vector autoregressive or vector error-correction models for Sweden, UK, and USA …
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Given differences in public saving programs between Sweden and the United States, an examination of household private … Sweden and the United States over the past decade. We show that wealth inequality has been significantly greater in the U ….S. than in Sweden and, while remaining relatively constant since the mid-1980's in Sweden, has increased in the United States …
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Many countries consider the residential concentration among immigrants a problem. This paper studies the factors influencing individual location decisions and evaluates a Swedish attempt to change the residential distribution of refugee immigrants in the late 1980's. Despite common perceptions,...
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Many developed countries, e.g. the UK, Germany, and Sweden, use or have used settlement policies to direct the inflow …
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This paper examines if the probability of leaving unemployment changes for unemployed parents with young children when childcare is available. To investigate this, I use the heterogeneity among Swedish municipalities before the implementation of a 2001 Swedish childcare reform making it...
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This paper investigates the consequences of a series of Swedish policy changes beginning in 1989 where different regions started subsidizing the birth control pill. The reforms were significant and applied to all types of oral contraceptives. My identification strategy takes advantage of the...
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Swedish elementary school children stopped receiving written end of year report cards following a grading reform in 1982. Gradual implementation of the reform creates an opportunity to investigate the effects of being graded on adult educational attainments and earnings for children in the...
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