This paper presents LINDA - a register-based longitudinal data set for Sweden. LINDA consists of a large panel of …

We assess whether the gender gap in authority in Sweden has changed during the period 1968–2000, and investigate to …

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 …

How justified is the charge that ideology strongly influences the allegedly objective opinions of economists? An … analysis of a new survey of AEA members and of surveys by Fuchs et al of labor economists and public economists shows that … value judgments and judgments about the government''s efficacy have some influence on the way economists think about what …

Neoclassical economists of the current era frequently pay lip service to Adam Smith's theories to certify the validity …, and the field of study he afforded to political economy. Instead, early neoclassical economists parted ways with the …

Finnish municipal data are used and a constitutional change in Sweden in 1970 is applied as an instrument for voter turnout in … local elections. In 1970, Sweden moved from having separate election days for different levels of government, among other … constitutional reform increased voter turnout in local elections in Sweden. The overall conclusion of this paper is that higher voter …