Sweden´s Pensioners: How They Have Fared in theRoller Coaster Ride through the Past Decade and aHalf of Deep Recession and Economic Exuberance

This study analyses the development of the economic well-being of the elderly in Swedensince 1990 - a period characterized by increased influence from the financial market andextreme economic events - using data from the Household Income Survey. The elderly werenot isolated as pensions were cut, full indexation abandoned and taxes increased duringSweden´s deep recession in the 1990s. Instead, relatively, pensioners fared better than theworking age population...

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Year of publication:	2007-12-01
Authors:	Gustafsson, Björn ; Johansson, Mats ; Palmer, Edward
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Rente \| rent \| Armut \| poverty \| Einkommen \| income

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Extent:	452608 bytes 46 p. application/pdf
Series:	IZA Discussion Papers Discussion Paper ; No. 3248 (2007)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	D31 - Personal Income, Wealth and Their Distributions ; H55 - Social Security and Public Pensions ; I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty ; J14 - Economics of the Elderly ; Pay salaries and social benefits ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; Sweden
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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