individuals who were born in 1974 and lived in metropolitan Sweden in both 1990 and 2006. During this period, the distribution of … income in Sweden became far more unequal, unemployment rose dramatically, earlier housing policies were dismantled, the share … adults. Several measures indicate that intergenerational persistency in context is lower in metropolitan Sweden than was …

This paper examines immigrant poverty at an older age in Sweden with an emphasis on late-in-life immigrants. We analyse … the median equivalent in-come in Sweden as a whole. Second, to be classified as 'twice poor' a household net assets must … criteria is strongly positively related to one's age at immigration. Our results indicate that it is crucial that migrants …