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Economic and ethnic polarisation among children in Sweden's three metropolitan areas
Biterman, Danuta; Gustafsson, Björn; Österberg, Torun - 2007
metropolitan regions of Sweden by using a relative new operationalization of the neighbourhood concept. Neighbourhoods are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274062
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Feminism and labour supply in the Nordic countries/ Axel Hall; Gylfi Zoega
Hall, Axel - 2008
People in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden work more than the countries’ high tax rates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014306474
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Working in spite of high taxes: On the role of culture in explaining high employment in the Nordic Countries
Hall, Axel - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014306482
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Characteristics and Performance of New Firms and Spinoffs in Sweden
Andersson, Martin; Klepper, Steven - 2012
We analyze the rate of formation, the characteristics, and the performance of different types of new firms in Sweden … over a decade. Comparisons to Denmark, Brazil, and the U.S. suggest that the environment for new firm formation in Sweden …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320218
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Rising earnings inequality in Sweden: The role of composition and prices
Domeij, David - 2006
This paper decomposes the rise in cross-sectional earnings inequality in Sweden between 1990 and 2002 into changes in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281356
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Wage structure and public sector employment: Sweden versus the United States 1970 - 2002
Domeij, David; Ljungqvist, Lars - 2006
private sector employment. Our analysis suggests that the dramatic decline of the skill premium in Sweden is the result of an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281859
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Disparities in social assistance receipt between immigrants and natives in Sweden
Gustafsson, Björn - 2011
Social assistance receipt among immigrants in relation to receipt among natives in Sweden is investigated. A background … interpreted. Most out-payment for social assistance in Sweden refers to foreign born persons although the category makes up 14 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282177
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Workplace, human capital and ethnic determinants of sickness absence in Sweden, 1993 -2001
Bengtsson, Tommy; Scott, Kirk - 2008
This study charts the differences between the sickness absence of immigrants and Swedes during a period when a flourishing labour market in the beginning of the 1990s turned into a tense and problematic one. We consider not only human capital factors for various immigrant groups and natives, but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268531
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Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European Countries
Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro Silva - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011935657
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Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European Countries
Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro Silva - 2000
, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role – Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262344