Jonsson, Jan O.; Mood, Carina; Bihagen, Erik - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 5 (2016) 3, pp. 1-20
We study cross-sectional and long-term poverty in Sweden over a period spanning two recessions, and discuss changes in … the policy context. We find large increases in absolute poverty and deprivation during the 1990’s recession but much … smaller increases in 2008-2010. While increases in non-employment contributed to increasing poverty in the 1990’s, the …