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Long-Run Changes in the Concentration of Wealth: An Overview of Recent Findings

Waldenström, Daniel; Ohlsson, Henry; Roine, Jesper - 2007

The objective of this paper is to study the dynamics of the wealth distribution over the path of economic development. More specifically, we are interested in distinguishing between changes which seem to be country specific and characteristics shared by all countries. A historical account of the...

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Long-run changes in the concentration of wealth: An overview of recent findings

Ohlsson, Henry; Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - 2006

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Living to Save Taxes

Eliason, Marcus; Ohlsson, Henry - 2007

Does taxation affect the timing of death? This is important as an example of how behavior might be affected by economic incentives. We study how three changes in Swedish inheritance taxation 2004-2005 have affected daily all-cause mortality. Our first main result is that mortality decreased by...

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The equal division puzzle - empirical evidence on intergenerational transfers in Sweden

Ohlsson, Henry - 2007

, Sweden deceased in 2004. Unequal sharing is unusual, depending on definitions only 7-25 percent of the estates are unequally …

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Tax avoidance - a natural experiment

Ohlsson, Henry - 2007

The objective of this paper is to empirically study if and to what extent people legally reduce their tax payments. There are few empirical studies of tax avoidance although avoidance may seriously affect the possibilities to raise tax revenue. I use a sample of Swedish siblings receiving...

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Long term effects of public policy for displaced workers in Sweden - shipyard workers in the West and miners in the North

Ohlsson, Henry; Storrie, Donald - 2007

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 …

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The legacy of the Swedish gift and inheritance tax, 1884-2004

Ohlsson, Henry - 2007

This paper has two objectives. The first is to study the revenue from the gift, inheritance, and estate taxes in Sweden … particular. It is also a very interesting episode in the economic history of Sweden. I have access to aggregate tax revenue data …

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Who is at the Top? Wealth Mobility over the Life Cycle

Hochguertel, Stefan; Ohlsson, Henry - 2012

Who is wealthy? This paper presents empirical estimates of household movements into and out of the top percents of the wealth distribution over individual life cycles. There are life-cycle motives and precautionary motives for wealth accumulation. The opportunities to accumulate wealth create...

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The height premium in earnings: the role of physical capacity and cognitive and non-cognitive skills

Lundborg, Petter; Nystedt, Paul; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2009

The association between stature and favorable labor market outcomes has been extensively documented. Recent studies have attributed this height premium to cognitive and social skills. We offer an alternative explanation, where the premium mainly arises from the positive association between...

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No country for fat men? Obesity, earnings, skills, and health among 450,000 Swedish men

Lundborg, Petter; Nystedt, Paul; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2010

The negative association between obesity and labor market outcomes has been widely documented, yet little is known about the mechanisms through which the association arises. Using rich and unique data on 450,000 Swedish men enlisting for the military, we find that the crude obesity penalty in...

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