This paper decomposes the rise in cross-sectional earnings inequality in Sweden between 1990 and 2002 into changes in …

private sector employment. Our analysis suggests that the dramatic decline of the skill premium in Sweden is the result of an …

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 …

, lastly, I discuss attitudes toward child-rearing policies in the United States, France, Sweden, South Korea, and Japan. In … among households with young children is higher in Japan than France and Sweden. The need for child-rearing policies in Japan … Japan, a larger extent of income inequality is manifest particularly among households with young children. The poverty rate …

allows the price of risk to vary over time. Using daily and monthly data for the United States, Sweden, New Zealand, the … United Kingdom, Japan, and Australia, the authors find that a conditional CAPM that allows the price of risk to vary in …