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Arbetslöshetsersättningen i Sverige: Motiv, regler och effekter
Björklund, Anders; Holmlund, Bertil - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1982
No abstract.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818370
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The European Social Model: Lessons for Developing Countries
Lindbeck, Assar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2002
Developing countries, in particular the least developed ones, probably have more to learn from social policies in Europe during the early 20th century than from the elaborate welfare-state arrangements after World War II. In addition to macro­economic growth and stability, the main ambitions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645339
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Wealth Concentration over the Path of Development: Sweden, 1873–2006
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
We study the development of wealth concentration in Sweden over 130 years, from the beginning of industrialization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005771090
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The Evolution of Top Incomes in an Egalitarian Society; Sweden, 1903–2004
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2006
This study presents new homogenous series of top income shares in Sweden over the period 1903–2004. We find that …. When included, Sweden’s experience resembles that in the U.S. and the U.K. with sharp increases in top incomes. Excluding … capital gains, Sweden looks more like the continental European countries where top income shares have remained relatively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645425
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On the Role of Capital Gains in Swedish Income Inequality
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2011
Realized capital gains are typically disregarded in the study of income inequality. We show that in the case of Sweden … surge in capital gains-driven inequality in Sweden since the 1980s. While there are no evident changes in terms of who earns …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818491
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The Rise, Fall and Revival of a Capitalist Welfare State: What are the Policy Lessons from Sweden
Bergh, Andreas - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2011
This paper discusses a number of questions with regard to Sweden’s economic and political development: How did Sweden … become rich? What explains Sweden’s high level of income equality? What were the causes of Sweden’s problems from 1970 to … 1995? How is it possible that Sweden, since the crisis of the early 1990s, is growing faster than most EU countries despite …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818548
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Redistribution, Occupational Choice and Intergenerational Mobility: Does Wage Equality Nail the Cobbler to His Last?.
Sjogren, A. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000
The classical Roy-model of selection on the labor market is extended in order to analyze intergenerational mobility. This is done by linking ability uncertainty to family background. I derive implications for the allocation of talent and for background dependent earnings patterns within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670118
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The European Unemployment Dilemma.
Ljungqvist, L; Sargent, T-J - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1997
Post World War II European welfare states experienced several decades of relatively low unemployment, followed by a plague of persistently high unemployment since the 1980's. We impute the higher unemployment to welfare states' diminished ability to cope with more turbulent economic times, such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005780376
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Social Norms and Economic Incentives in the Welfare State.
Lindbeck, A; Nyberg, S; Weibull, J-W - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1997
This paper analyzes the interplay between social norms and economic incentives in the context of work decision in the modern welfare state. We assume that to live off one's own work is a social norm, and that the larger the population fraction adhering to this norm, the more intensely it is felt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005780383
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Social Norms and Economic Incentives in the Welfare State
Lindbeck, Assar; Nyberg, Sten; Weibull, Jörgen W. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1997
This paper analyzes the interplay between social norms and economic incentives in the context of work decisions in the modern welfare state. We assume that to live off one's own work is a social norm, and that the larger the population fraction adhering to this norm, the more intensely it is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010600196