Traditionally, Sweden has not belonged to the Anglo-Saxon market-centred welfare model. However, Sweden is today among the European countries with the highest degree of public outsourcing and procurement of welfare services via competitive markets. The aim of this article is to investigate the...

Traditionally, Sweden has not belonged to the Anglo-Saxon market-centred welfare model. However, Sweden is today among the European countries with the highest degree of public outsourcing and procurement of welfare services via competitive markets. The aim of this article is to investigate the...

In general the issue of long-term sustainability of public finances is assessed given current policy and behavior. Future demographic pressure on public expenditure must then be met by either pre-funding, reductions in public welfare systems or tax increases. In this paper we explore a third...

Traditionally, Sweden has not belonged to the Anglo-Saxon market-centred welfare model. However, Sweden is today among the European countries with the highest degree of public outsourcing and procurement of welfare services via competitive markets. The aim of this article is to investigate the...