This book is the first to take a comprehensive view of the challenges that population ageing present in the near future taking Sweden as the case. Can the increasing number of retirees per worker be stopped by immigration or increasing fertility or will we need to increase pension age instead?...

Der Tübinger Hochschullehrer legt sein Kompendium zum Vergleich der westeuropäischen Wohlfahrtsstaaten jetzt im Umfang deutlich erweitert in 3. Auflage mit Stand Herbst 2009 vor (zuletzt ID 24/96). Basis der Erstauflage von 1996 war ein von der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung initiiertes...

The impact of the financial crisis on Sweden’s economy and financial sector is analyzed in this study. From the financial stability analysis, banks are resilient to credit risk and could face difficulties with respect to liquidity risk. The frameworks of international reserve management and...

In this study, economic developments and policies used for the recovery of financial stability of Sweden against global recession are discussed. The low inflation is reached by increasing Riksbank policy rate. The role of fiscal policy council is explained. The Financial Sector Assessment...

This paper focuses on the main institutional features of the Swedish labor market and analyzes the reasons for the high wage inflation and slow productivity growth. The so-called Swedish model, usually identified with an advanced welfare state, has attracted attention from many quarters for its...