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 …

focus is on the individuals affected by the cutbacks at the LKAB iron ore mines in northern Sweden in 1983 and the closure … of the Uddevalla Shipyard in western Sweden in 1985. These workers not only experienced job loss, but were also the … target group for extraordinary labour market policies. Using register data from Statistics Sweden (labour market status …

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 …

-income hypothesis cannot be rejected for Denmark, it is in most cases rejected for Norway and Sweden. The Swedish system of market …