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Labor Market Regulations and Outcomes in Sweden : A Comparative Analysis of Recent Trends
Ulku, Hulya - 2015
This paper analyzes recent trends in Sweden's labor market regulations in relation to comparator economies and examines … more rapidly to the recent global financial crisis than the majority of the European Union economies, which helped Sweden … to recover quickly. Sweden's hiring regulations are more flexible than those of many comparator economies, however, fixed …
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Bridging Partner Lifecycle Earnings and Pension Gaps by Sharing NDC Accounts
Klerby, Anna - 2019
Sweden's gender pension gap is about 33 percent at retirement, reflecting the gender earnings gap - itself a reflection …
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Sweden's Fifteen Years of Communication Efforts
Boado-Penas, Maria del Carmen - 2019
It is desirable that pension reforms and legislated rules have the backing of thepopulation or at least are accepted by voters. With the objective of achieving-acceptance,'*the Swedish Pensions Agency publishes an annual actuarial balance of the solvency of the whole public pension system and...
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Sweden : Adjoining the Guarantee Pension with NDC
Nelson, Kenneth - 2019
This paper analyzes old-age incomes in Sweden from a pension policy perspective, focusing on both the economic position …
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The Impact of Lifetime Events on Pensions : NDC Schemes in Poland, Italy, and Sweden and the Point Scheme in Germany
Chion-Dominczak, Agnieszka - 2019
they have different labor market patterns. High levels of employment in Germany and Sweden are in contrast with low levels … from the labor market, while in Sweden women choose part-time employment. Lower employment rates and gender pay gaps are …
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The Effect of the Swedish Payroll Tax Cut for Youths on Firm Profitability
Malm, Arvid - 2016
Payroll taxes in Sweden were reduced substantially for people ages 26 years or younger on July 1, 2007. The objective …
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Contingent Liabilities Risk Management : A Credit Risk Analysis Framework for Sovereign Guarantees and On-Lending: Country Experiences from Colombia, Indonesia, Sweden, and Turkey
Bachmair, Fritz Florian - 2016
applied in Colombia, Sweden, and Turkey. It also discusses how the proposed framework is applied in Indonesia as it develops a …
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Improving Animal Welfare in Livestock Operations
International Finance Corporation - 2014
In the past decade, animal welfare has been increasingly recognized in importance in commercial livestock operations. Governments, academic institutions, and animal welfare professionals are addressing animal welfare at different points in the agricultural supply chain, while consumers are...
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Climate Competitive Industries : A Practitioner's Handbook
World Bank Group - 2016
Climate variability and resource scarcity pose an increasing threat to the growth and competitiveness of industry, and nowhere is this issue more significant than in the world's emerging economies. Governments and industry must work together to tackle this challenge. The World Bank Group's...
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The changing pattern of returns to education : what impact will this have on inequality?
Patrinos, Harry Anthony - 2019
The pattern of economic rates of return to investments in education can help us to understand the benefits of schooling. It was common knowledge that the returns to education were highest for the primary level of education and lower for subsequent levels. Recent evidence suggests that the...
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